There are 5 ways to get from Washington to Glasgow by plane, train, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Glasgow Airport
best- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane DCA - GLA
11h 17m£228–844Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
cheapest- Take the subway from McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane IAD - GLA
12h 25m£155–607Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane DCA - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
10h 51m£242–877Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Take the subway from McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane IAD - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
11h 30m£169–641Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BWI - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
13h 55m£188–1,096
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Washington to Glasgow is to subway and fly which costs £150 - £650 and takes 12h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Washington to Glasgow is to fly and train which takes 10h 51m and costs £240 - £900.
The distance between Washington and Glasgow is 3447 miles.
It takes approximately 11h 17m to get from Washington to Glasgow, including transfers.
Glasgow is 5h ahead of Washington. It is currently 11:46 PM in Washington and 4:46 AM in Glasgow.
There are 1524+ hotels available in Glasgow.
What companies run services between Washington, DC, USA and Glasgow, Scotland?
United Airlines, American Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) 5 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Glasgow Airport via Philadelphia, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–1,400
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Glasgow Airport via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,400
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–750
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 58m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 58m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–900
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–750
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–750
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–750
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–29
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–29
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–29
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £7–13
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £7–13
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £7–13
- Website
- Lumo
Subway from McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £1–2
- Website
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- £1–2
Subway from McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £1–2
- Website
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- £1–2
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–19
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- Maryland Transit
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £1–7
- Website
- Maryland Transit
- Standard Fare
- £1–7
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £5–410
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- £5–330
- First Class
- £75–410
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