There are 6 ways to get from Europe to Philadelphia by train, plane, or subway
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Philadelphia International Airport
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane FRA - PHL
15h 45m$539–1,278Train to Frankfurt, fly to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof 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
16h 37m$269–848Train to Frankfurt, fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof 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
17h$274–1,247Train to Frankfurt, fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane FRA - 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
18h 10m$381–1,540Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Philadelphia International Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Amersfoort Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amersfoort Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane AMS - PHL
19h 55m$520–1,416Train, train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Philadelphia International Airport
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Take the train from Dresden-Neustadt to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane PRG - PHL
20h 20m$501–1,246
Frankfurt (FRA) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Philadelphia is to train and fly which costs $260 - $850 and takes 16h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Philadelphia is to train and fly which takes 15h 45m and costs $500 - $1,300.
The distance between Europe and Philadelphia is 4097 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 45m to get from Europe to Philadelphia, including transfers.
Philadelphia is 6h behind Europe. It is currently 11:52 PM in Europe and 5:52 PM in Philadelphia.
There are 720+ hotels available in Philadelphia.
What companies run services between Europe and Philadelphia, PA, USA?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Philadelphia. However, you can take the line 260 bus to Sontra Breitwiese, walk to Sontra Bahnhof, take the train to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), walk to Airport Terminal A, then take the train to Suburban Station. Alternatively, you can take the line 260 bus to Sontra Breitwiese, walk to Sontra Bahnhof, take the train to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), walk to Terminal 4, take the vehicle to Jamaica Station, walk to Jamaica, take the train to New York Penn Station, walk to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station, then take the train to 30th Street Station.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Philadelphia International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Philadelphia International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 24m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–550
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 6m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport via Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport via Raleigh/Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Philadelphia International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 54m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 11m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Philadelphia International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Philadelphia International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 24m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport via Raleigh/Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Philadelphia International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 54m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 11m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–900
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport via Raleigh/Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Philadelphia International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–850
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 29m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Philadelphia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Philadelphia International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Philadelphia International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Philadelphia International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Philadelphia International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Philadelphia International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–900
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–600
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–470
- 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
- $180–370
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $28–32
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
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
- 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
- $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 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
- 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
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
- 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
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Amersfoort Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–250
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $70–110
- 1st Class
- $140–250
Train from Amersfoort Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $11–18
- 1st Class
- $20–35
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
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