There are 8 ways to get from China to Philadelphia by train or plane
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Train to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, fly to Philadelphia International Airport
best- Take the train from Suzhou to Shanghai stationtrain
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane PVG - PHL
21h 24m$383–1,025Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane PEK - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
20h 24m$317–1,525Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane PEK - PHL
20h 8m$455–1,410Fly Hong Kong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane HKG - PHL
22h$559–1,829Fly Hong Kong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane HKG - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
20h 30m$541–1,744Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane PEK - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Stationtrain
21h 19m$363–1,076Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Laguardia Airport, train
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Laguardia Airport (LGA)plane PEK - LGA
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
20h 48m$526–2,312Fly Hong Kong International Airport to Boston Logan Airport, train
- Fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Boston Logan Airport (BOS)plane HKG - BOS
- Take the train from Boston to 30th Street Stationtrain
25h 19m$1,286–2,334
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from China to Philadelphia is to fly and train which costs $360 - $1,100 and takes 21h 19m.
The fastest way to get from China to Philadelphia is to fly which takes 20h 8m and costs $450 - $1,500.
The distance between China and Philadelphia is 7541 miles.
It takes approximately 21h 24m to get from China to Philadelphia, including transfers.
There are 945+ hotels available in Philadelphia.
What companies run services between China and Philadelphia, PA, USA?
Air China, United Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 39m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 51m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,000
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 19m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,400
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,500
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 28m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 52m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 34m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,100
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,100
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 43m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 3m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,100
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 18m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,400
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 28m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Vancouver, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 54m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 27m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 31m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,500
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–900
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 39m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 43m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Seattle, Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Train from Suzhou to Shanghai station
- 2nd Class Seat
- $6–7
- 1st Class Seat
- $9–11
- Business Class Seat
- $13–19
Train from Suzhou to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- $6–10
- Hard Sleeper
- $6–11
- Soft Sleeper
- $17–24
Train from Suzhou to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- $2–4
- Hard sleeper
- $6–9
- Soft sleeper
- $11–14
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Boston to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $170–270
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
Train from Boston to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–800
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $70–550
- First Class
- $250–800
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