There are 8 ways to get from Melbourne to Philadelphia by plane, train, or subway
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Fly to Philadelphia International Airport
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane MEL - PHL
23h 49m$1,213–2,313Fly to Harrisburg International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Harrisburg International Airport (MDT)plane MEL - MDT
- Take the train from Harrisburg to 30th Street Stationtrain
29h 20m$549–1,960Fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane MEL - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Stationtrain
27h 45m$569–2,665Fly to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane MEL - DCA
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
24h 48m$1,234–2,770Fly to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane MEL - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Stationtrain
25h 6m$873–2,033Fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane MEL - 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
26h 11m$634–2,875Fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane MEL - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
25h 32m$638–1,932Fly to Laguardia Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Laguardia Airport (LGA)plane MEL - LGA
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
24h 59m$978–3,119
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Philadelphia is to fly and train which costs $600 - $2,000 and takes 25h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Philadelphia is to fly which takes 23h 49m and costs $1,200 - $2,400.
The distance between Melbourne and Philadelphia is 10371 miles.
It takes approximately 23h 49m to get from Melbourne to Philadelphia, including transfers.
Philadelphia is 16h behind Melbourne. It is currently 2:26 AM in Melbourne and 10:26 AM in Philadelphia.
There are 945+ hotels available in Philadelphia.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Philadelphia, PA, USA?
Qantas, American Airlines, and United Airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 36m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 23m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 39m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–6,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 48m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–6,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 24m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Laguardia Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Harrisburg International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 4m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 36m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 39m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–6,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,700–6,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Laguardia Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 51m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Harrisburg International Airport via Los Angeles, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,700–6,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
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 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 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
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
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 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 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
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–210
- 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
- $17–220
- 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 Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–280
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Harrisburg to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- 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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