There are 6 ways to get from Lusaka to Philadelphia by plane, train, car, or subway
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Fly Lusaka to Philadelphia International Airport
best- Fly from Lusaka (LUN) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane LUN - PHL
29h 25m$530–2,246Fly Lusaka to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Fly from Lusaka (LUN) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane LUN - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Stationtrain
27h$840–2,066Fly Lusaka to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Fly from Lusaka (LUN) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane LUN - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
24h 34m$605–2,265Fly Lusaka to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, train
- Fly from Lusaka (LUN) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane LUN - DCA
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
28h 41m$1,552–4,903Drive to Lubumbashi International Airport, fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, train
- Drive from Lusaka to Lubumbashi International Airport (FBM)car
- Fly from Lubumbashi International Airport (FBM) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane FBM - 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
42h 25m$1,004–3,080Drive to Lower Zambezi Royal Airport, fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Drive from Lusaka to Lower Zambezi Royal Airport (RYL)car
- Fly from Lower Zambezi Royal Airport (RYL) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane RYL - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
28h 48m$597–2,251
Lusaka (LUN) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lusaka to Philadelphia is to fly and train which costs $800 - $2,100 and takes 27h.
The fastest way to get from Lusaka to Philadelphia is to fly and train which takes 24h 34m and costs $600 - $2,300.
The distance between Lusaka and Philadelphia is 7681 miles.
It takes approximately 29h 25m to get from Lusaka to Philadelphia, including transfers.
Philadelphia is 7h behind Lusaka. It is currently 11:22 AM in Lusaka and 4:22 AM in Philadelphia.
There are 899+ hotels available in Philadelphia.
What companies run services between Lusaka, Zambia and Philadelphia, PA, USA?
Kenya Airways, British Airways, and four other airlines fly from Lusaka (LUN) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Lusaka to Philadelphia International Airport via Nairobi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
Flights from Lusaka to Philadelphia International Airport via Nairobi, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Lusaka to Philadelphia International Airport via Addis Ababa, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,000
Flights from Lusaka to Philadelphia International Airport via Addis Ababa, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Lusaka to Philadelphia International Airport via Addis Ababa, Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Lusaka to Newark Liberty International Airport via Nairobi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Lubumbashi International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nairobi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Lusaka to Philadelphia International Airport via Johannesburg, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 51m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Lusaka to Newark Liberty International Airport via Nairobi, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Lusaka to Newark Liberty International Airport via Johannesburg, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 27m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Lusaka to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Lusaka to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nairobi, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 13m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,200
Flights from Lusaka to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Johannesburg, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,900
Flights from Lubumbashi International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nairobi, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 8m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
Flights from Lower Zambezi Royal Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Lusaka, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Lusaka to Newark Liberty International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Lusaka to Newark Liberty International Airport via Nairobi, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Lusaka to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Johannesburg, Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,600
Flights from Lubumbashi International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nairobi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Lubumbashi International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nairobi, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Lusaka to Philadelphia International Airport via Nairobi, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Lusaka to Philadelphia International Airport via Addis Ababa, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,000
Flights from Lusaka to Philadelphia International Airport via Addis Ababa, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Lusaka to Philadelphia International Airport via Addis Ababa, Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Lusaka to Newark Liberty International Airport via Nairobi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Lubumbashi International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nairobi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,800
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Lusaka to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Lusaka to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nairobi, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 13m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,200
Flights from Lubumbashi International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nairobi, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 34m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
Flights from Lower Zambezi Royal Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Lusaka, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lusaka to Newark Liberty International Airport via Nairobi, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Lubumbashi International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nairobi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Lubumbashi International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nairobi, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lusaka to Newark Liberty International Airport via Nairobi, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Lubumbashi International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nairobi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Lubumbashi International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nairobi, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Lubumbashi International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Kinshasa, Lome
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,300
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
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 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 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
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
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 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 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
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- 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
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