There are 6 ways to get from Cologne to Philadelphia by train or plane
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Philadelphia International Airport
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane DUS - PHL
13h 52m$384–1,020Train to Frankfurt, fly to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane FRA - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Stationtrain
13h 36m$260–756Train to Frankfurt, fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane FRA - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
14h$265–1,165Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane BRU - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Stationtrain
14h 29m$316–1,155Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane CGN - PHL
13h 31m$305–1,226Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Philadelphia International Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Den Haag Centraaltrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane AMS - PHL
16h 35m$475–1,276
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Philadelphia is to train and fly which costs $260 - $800 and takes 13h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Philadelphia is to fly which takes 13h 31m and costs $300 - $1,300.
The distance between Cologne and Philadelphia is 3895 miles.
It takes approximately 13h 52m to get from Cologne to Philadelphia, including transfers.
Philadelphia is 6h behind Cologne. It is currently 4:36 PM in Cologne and 10:36 AM in Philadelphia.
There are 988+ hotels available in Philadelphia.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Philadelphia, PA, USA?
Eurowings, American Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) 5 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–750
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–500
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 59m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Philadelphia International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 4m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,700
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,600
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,700
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,600
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 59m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Philadelphia International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–750
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–500
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Philadelphia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Philadelphia International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–380
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–900
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–600
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–450
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- $30–45
- Comfort
- $30–45
- Premium
- $50–70
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–230
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $12–230
- Business Class
- $60–270
Train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–220
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $10–220
- Business Class
- $55–260
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–310
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–65
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- $18–29
- Coach Seat short notice purchase
- $10–65
- Business - advance purchase
- $13–95
- Business Class
- $23–180
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $40–60
- 1st Class
- $80–140
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Den Haag Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $13–20
- 1st Class
- $22–40
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