There are 11 ways to get from Del Mar to Philadelphia by plane, train (Amtrak), bus (Amtrak, Greyhound), car, 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 San Diego International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
best- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane SAN - PHL
8h 22m$244–1,118Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Philadelphia International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Solana Beach Amtrak Station to Los Angelestrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane LAX - PHL
10h 53m$182–453Train via Washington (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Solana Beach Amtrak Station to Fullerton Amtrak Stationtrain
- 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 19h$356–1,560Bus
- Take the bus from Solana Beach Amtrak Station to Los Angelesbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Philadelphiabus
2d 20hDrive 2,685.2 mi
- Drive from Del Mar to Philadelphiacar 2,685.2 mi
44h 14m$490–708Fly Mcclellan–Palomar Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Fly from Mcclellan–Palomar Airport (CLD) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane CLD - PHL
10h 36m$184–810Fly San Diego International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane SAN - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Stationtrain
9h 26m$226–1,620Fly San Diego International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane SAN - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
10h 8m$230–1,537Fly San Diego International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane SAN - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Stationtrain
9h 52m$194–1,038Fly San Diego International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, train
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane SAN - 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
10h 39m$266–1,780Train
- Take the train from Oceanside to Riverside - Downtowntrain
- Take the train from Riverside to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
3d 2h$326–1,844
Del Mar to Philadelphia by bus, train, and subway (Amtrak)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Del Mar to Philadelphia is to train and fly which costs $180 - $460 and takes 10h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Del Mar to Philadelphia is to fly which takes 8h 22m and costs $240 - $1,200.
No, there is no direct bus from Del Mar to Philadelphia. However, there are services departing from Camino Del Mar & 15th St and arriving at Philadelphia via Solana Beach Amtrak Station, Los Angeles Union Station and St Louis Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 20h.
The distance between Del Mar and Philadelphia is 2417 miles. The road distance is 2700.9 miles.
The best way to get from Del Mar to Philadelphia without a car is to train via Washington which takes 2 days 19h and costs $350 - $1,600.
It takes approximately 8h 22m to get from Del Mar to Philadelphia, including transfers.
Del Mar to Philadelphia bus services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Solana Beach Amtrak Station.
The best way to get from Del Mar to Philadelphia is to fly which takes 8h 22m and costs $240 - $1,200. Alternatively, you can train via Washington, which costs $350 - $1,600 and takes 2 days 19h, you could also bus, which costs and takes 2 days 20h.
Del Mar to Philadelphia bus services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Los Angeles station.
Philadelphia is 3h ahead of Del Mar. It is currently 8:24 AM in Del Mar and 11:24 AM in Philadelphia.
What companies run services between Del Mar, CA, USA and Philadelphia, PA, USA?
American Airlines and Southwest Airlines fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Camino Del Mar & 15th St to 30th Street Station via Hwy 101 & Lomas Santa Fe Dr, Solana Beach Amtrak Station, Fullerton Amtrak Station, Chicago Union Station, Rockville Amtrak, Rockville, Red Line Center Platform, Union Station, Red Line Center Platform, and Washington Union Station in around 2d 19h.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Mcclellan–Palomar Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Mcclellan–Palomar Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
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
- $140–600
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, 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
- $140–650
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from San Diego International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Mcclellan–Palomar Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Mcclellan–Palomar Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Solana Beach Amtrak Station to Fullerton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–29
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $190–600
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Rockville Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–270
- 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
- $18–220
- 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
- $11–210
- 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
- $18–260
- 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 Solana Beach Amtrak Station to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–34
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Riverside to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $200–1,500
- 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
- $110–320
- 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
- (800) 371-LINK (5465)
- Website
- metrolinktrains.com
Train from Oceanside to Riverside - Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–19
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Passenger
- $14–19
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Solana Beach Amtrak Station to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $120–320
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $85–230
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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