There are 13 ways to get from Long Beach to Philadelphia by plane, bus (Greyhound), train (Amtrak), car, train, subway, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
best- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)LAX - PHL
7h 57m$134–396Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)LAX - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Station
9h 24m$109–566Bus (Greyhound)
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to St Louis Bus StationGreyhound US1210
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to PhiladelphiaGreyhound US0421
2d 17h$277–676Train via Washington (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Rockville Amtrak
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
2d 18h$308–2,637Drive 2,701 mi
- Drive from Long Beach to Philadelphia2,701 mi
43h 42m$493–712Fly Long Beach Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Fly from Long Beach Airport (LGB) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)LGB - PHL
9h 3m$181–801Fly John Wayne Airport Orange County to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Fly from John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)SNA - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Station
7h 40m$239–777Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)LAX - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
9h 13m$138–1,048Fly 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)LAX - DCA
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
9h 41m$276–1,763Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, train
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)LAX - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
10h 14m$326–1,318Train to San Diego International Airport, fly to Philadelphia International Airport
- Take the train from Santa Ana to San Diego Old Town Transportation Center
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)SAN - PHL
10h 50m$265–1,041Train, bus
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Station
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Allentown
- Take the bus from Allentown to Philadelphia
2d 18h$317–1,712Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to 30th Street Station
3d$322–1,942
Long Beach to Philadelphia by bus (Greyhound)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Long Beach to Philadelphia is to fly which costs $130 - $400 and takes 7h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Long Beach to Philadelphia is to fly and train which takes 7h 40m and costs $230 - $800.
No, there is no direct bus from Long Beach station to Philadelphia. However, there are services departing from Long Beach Bus Station and arriving at Philadelphia via Los Angeles Union Station and St Louis Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 17h.
No, there is no direct train from Long Beach station to Philadelphia station. However, there are services departing from Downtown Long Beach 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 Long Beach and Philadelphia is 2443 miles. The road distance is 2716.8 miles.
The best way to get from Long Beach to Philadelphia without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 17h and costs $270 - $700.
It takes approximately 7h 57m to get from Long Beach to Philadelphia, including transfers.
Long Beach to Philadelphia bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Los Angeles Union Station.
Long Beach to Philadelphia train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Fullerton Amtrak Station.
The best way to get from Long Beach to Philadelphia is to fly which takes 7h 57m and costs $130 - $400. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $270 - $700 and takes 2 days 17h, you could also train via Washington, which costs $300 - $2,700 and takes 2 days 18h.
What companies run services between Long Beach, CA, USA and Philadelphia, PA, USA?
American Airlines and Southwest Airlines fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Long Beach Bus Station to Philadelphia via Los Angeles Union Station and St Louis Bus Station in around 2d 17h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Newark Liberty International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Pittsburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 29m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Newark Liberty International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Newark Liberty International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Newark Liberty International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–340
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
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
- $170–1,700
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Rockville Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–270
- 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
- $23–270
- 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 BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–270
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Santa Ana to San Diego Old Town Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–32
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $190–1,500
- 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
- $130–440
- 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.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $18–250
- Business Class
- $70–300
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.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $10–220
- Business Class
- $55–260
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.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $14–240
- Business Class
- $60–280
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
- 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
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
- $150–350
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–290
- 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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Long Beach to Philadelphia bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at St Louis Bus Station.
Philadelphia is 3h ahead of Long Beach. It is currently 2:36 PM in Long Beach and 5:36 PM in Philadelphia.
Long Beach to Philadelphia train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Long Beach to Philadelphia is 2717 miles. It takes approximately 43h 42m to drive from Long Beach to Philadelphia.
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