There are 5 ways to get from Manhattan to Palermo by plane, bus, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly John F. Kennedy International Airport to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane JFK - PMO
11h 55m€306–623Fly John F. Kennedy International Airport to Trapani Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane JFK - TPS
- Take the bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodibus
15h 52m€269–776Fly Newark Liberty International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane EWR - PMO
12h 23m€340–781Train to Philadelphia International Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane PHL - PMO
15h 36m€517–1,522Fly John F. Kennedy International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane JFK - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
15h 16m€334–590
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manhattan to Palermo is to fly which costs €300 - €650 and takes 11h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Manhattan to Palermo is to fly which takes 11h 55m and costs €300 - €650.
The distance between Manhattan and Palermo is 7197 km.
It takes approximately 11h 55m to get from Manhattan to Palermo, including transfers.
Palermo is 6h ahead of Manhattan. It is currently 6:36 PM in Manhattan and 12:36 AM in Palermo.
There are 6177+ hotels available in Palermo.
What companies run services between Manhattan, NY, USA and Palermo, Italy?
Neos, ITA Airways, and two other airlines fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Palermo Airport (PMO) 5 times a day.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Trapani Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Trapani Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–750
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Trapani Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Trapani Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 27m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,400
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Palermo Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,400
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–950
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–1,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €350–1,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–1,100
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Palermo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,400
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Palermo Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,400
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,400
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,400
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,400
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Palermo Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,400
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–900
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–900
- 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
- €10–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- €10–200
- Business Class
- €50–230
- 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
- €21–50
- 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
- €17–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- €17–390
- First Class
- €110–550
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Trapani Birgi Airport to Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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