There are 12 ways to get from Compton to Philadelphia by plane, bus (Greyhound), train (Amtrak), car, train, subway, or bus
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Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
best- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane LAX - PHL
7h 35m$134–416Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane LAX - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Stationtrain
9h 6m$109–586Bus
- Take the bus from Harbor Transitway / Harbor Fwy Station to El Monte Station - Upper Levelbus
- Take the bus from El Monte Bus Stop to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Philadelphiabus
2d 17h$218–604Train via Washington (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Rockville Amtraktrain
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
2d 18h$318–2,427Drive 2,693.3 mi
- Drive from Compton to Philadelphiacar 2,693.3 mi
43h 48m$492–710Fly Long Beach Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Fly from Long Beach Airport (LGB) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane LGB - PHL
10h 8m$186–806Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane LAX - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Stationtrain
8h 50m$138–1,128Fly Los Angeles International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane LAX - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
9h 22m$929–1,725Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, train
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane LAX - DCA
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
9h 18m$296–1,863Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, train
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane LAX - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
9h 51m$326–1,318Train, bus
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Allentownbus
- Take the bus from Allentown to Philadelphiabus
2d 18h$307–1,612Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
3d$292–1,792
Compton to Philadelphia by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Compton to Philadelphia is to fly which costs $130 - $420 and takes 7h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Compton to Philadelphia is to fly which takes 7h 35m and costs $130 - $420.
No, there is no direct bus from Compton to Philadelphia. However, there are services departing from Alameda / Laurel and arriving at Philadelphia via Harbor Transitway / Harbor Fwy Station, El Monte Bus Stop and St Louis Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 17h.
No, there is no direct train from Compton station to Philadelphia station. However, there are services departing from Compton Station and arriving at 30th Street Station via L.A. Union Station, Fullerton Amtrak Station, Chicago Union Station, Rockville, Red Line Center Platform and Washington Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 18h.
The distance between Compton and Philadelphia is 2433 miles. The road distance is 2709 miles.
The best way to get from Compton to Philadelphia without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 17h and costs $210 - $650.
It takes approximately 7h 35m to get from Compton to Philadelphia, including transfers.
Compton to Philadelphia bus services, operated by Metro Los Angeles, depart from Harbor Transitway / Harbor Fwy Station.
Compton to Philadelphia train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Fullerton Amtrak Station.
The best way to get from Compton to Philadelphia is to fly which takes 7h 35m and costs $130 - $420. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $210 - $650 and takes 2 days 17h, you could also train via Washington, which costs $310 - $2,500 and takes 2 days 18h.
What companies run services between Compton, CA, USA and Philadelphia, PA, USA?
American Airlines and Southwest Airlines fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Alameda / Laurel to Philadelphia via Figueroa / Harbor Fwy Station, Harbor Transitway / Harbor Fwy Station, El Monte Bus Stop, and St Louis Bus Station in around 2d 17h.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Covington
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–470
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–470
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $110–470
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–470
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–360
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–360
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $180–1,500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Rockville Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–260
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–230
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–240
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–310
- 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
Train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $180–1,400
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–390
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–250
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $18–250
- Business Class
- $70–300
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–240
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $14–240
- Business Class
- $60–280
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
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–650
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $24–460
- First Class
- $140–650
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
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- $5–8
- Phone
- +1-323-466-3876
- CustomerRelations@metro.net
- Website
- metro.net
Bus from Harbor Transitway / Harbor Fwy Station to El Monte Station - Upper Level
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Website
- https://www.metro.net
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from El Monte Bus Stop to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $130–330
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $85–270
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Allentown
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–160
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $95–160
- Phone
- +1 814-574-1827
- Website
- fullingtontours.com
Bus from Allentown to Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.fullingtontours.com
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More Questions & Answers
Compton to Philadelphia bus services, operated by Metro Los Angeles, arrive at El Monte Station - Upper Level.
Philadelphia is 3h ahead of Compton. It is currently 1:34 PM in Compton and 4:34 PM in Philadelphia.
Compton to Philadelphia train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Compton to Philadelphia is 2709 miles. It takes approximately 43h 48m to drive from Compton to Philadelphia.
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