Most College Links Golf packages are full service tours, which means the cost of almost every aspect of your visit is included. However, our prices don’t include flights.
Why is that? Well, we pride ourselves on offering value for money and the truth is we can’t get better-value airfares than you can through flight aggregators like Kayak or Skyscanner. Also, many colleges have preferred air partners and find it more straightforward to book directly.
We are happy to offer advice though and the summary below provides information on arriving at Scottish Airports that may prove useful.
Edinburgh Airport
Scotland’s busiest airport is on the western outskirts of the city. It is particularly well-situated for visits to the courses of the East Lothian coast, such as Muirfield, Gullane and North Berwick.
Direct flights: United operates direct flights to Edinburgh from New York-Newark, Chicago and Washington DC. Delta offers direct flights from New York-JFK and Boston. American Airlines flies direct from Philadelphia. Air Canada flies direct from Toronto.
Indirect flights: There are multiple connecting flights through London Heathrow/Gatwick with British Airways/American Airlines (flight time 1 hr 35mins). There are multiple daily flights through Amsterdam Schiphol with KLM/Delta (flight time 1hr 35mins). Other daily flight routes include Paris Charles de Gaulle with Air France/Delta (flight time 1hr 55 mins), Brussels with Brussels Airlines/United (1hr 35 mins), Frankfurt with Lufthansa/United (1hr 55mins) and Oslo with Norwegian Airlines or SAS/United (1hr 40mins).
Journey times:
St Andrews – 1 hour
North Berwick – 45 mins
Royal Troon – 1hr 15mins
Royal Dornoch – 3hrs 40 mins
Cruden Bay – 2hrs 45 mins
Glasgow Airport
The international airport at Glasgow is the closest to the Ayrshire coast courses including Royal Troon, Turnberry and Prestwick.
United operates direct flights to Glasgow from New York-Newark. Delta operates direct flights from New York-JFK. Virgin Atlantic/Delta fly direct from Orlando. Air Canada and Air Transat fly direct from Toronto. WestJet fly direct from Toronto and Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Journey times:
St Andrews – 1 hr 45 mins
North Berwick – 1hr 30 mins
Royal Troon – 45 mins
Royal Dornoch – 4 hours
Cruden Bay – 3hrs 10 mins
Aberdeen Airport
Aberdeen’s Airport, located to the north of the city, is a short drive from the world-rated links at Cruden Bay, Trump Aberdeen and Royal Aberdeen. There are currently no direct transAtlantic routes but connecting flights through London Heathrow (British Airways), Amsterdam (KLM) and Copenhagen (SAS) can be efficient.
Journey times:
St Andrews – 1hr 30mins
North Berwick – 2hrs 45 mins
Royal Troon – 3hrs 5mins
Royal Dornoch – 2hrs 50mins
Cruden Bay – 30 mins
Inverness Airport
The main air link to the Highlands, there are no direct transAtlantic routes to Inverness but daily connecting flights from Heathrow (British Airways) and Amsterdam (KLM) make it a viable option for visitors to Scotland’s far north and the courses at Castle Stuart, Royal Dornoch and Nairn.
Journey times:
St Andrews – 2hrs 55mins
North Berwick – 3hrs 30mins
Royal Troon – 3hrs 45mins
Royal Dornoch – 55 mins
Cruden Bay – 2hrs 15 mins
