There are 8 ways to get from Philadelphia to Chilumba by train, plane, taxi, bus, shuttle, ferry, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Mzuzu Airport, taxi
best- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Mzuzu Airport (ZZU)plane JFK - ZZU
- Take the taxi from Mzuzu Airport (ZZU) to Chilumbataxi
2d 2h$570–1,965Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Kamuzu International Airport, bus, taxi
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Kamuzu International Airport (LLW)plane JFK - LLW
- Take the bus from Lilongwe to Karongabus
- Take the taxi from Karonga to Chilumbataxi
47h 47m$740–2,228Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Mbeya Airport, Private Transfer , bus, taxi
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Mbeya Airport (MBI)plane JFK - MBI
- Take a shuttle bus from Mbeya Airport to Malawi border
- Take the bus from Songwe to Karongabus
- Take the taxi from Karonga to Chilumbataxi
31h 4mTrain to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Chelinda Airport, taxi
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Chelinda Airport (CEH)plane JFK - CEH
- Take the taxi from Chelinda Airport (CEH) to Chilumbataxi
2d 4h$585–1,980Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Chelinda Airport, taxi
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airporttrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Chelinda Airport (CEH)plane EWR - CEH
- Take the taxi from Chelinda Airport (CEH) to Chilumbataxi
44h 25m$693–2,131Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Likoma Island Airport, ferry
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Likoma Island Airport (LIX)plane JFK - LIX
- Take the ferry from Likoma Island to Nkhata Bayferry
- Take the ferry from Nkhata Bay to Chilumba Bayferry
2d 18hTrain to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Iringa Airport, drive
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Iringa Airport (IRI)plane JFK - IRI
- Drive from Iringa Airport (IRI) to Chilumbacar
33h 58m$695–2,155Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Songea, drive
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Songea (SGX)plane JFK - SGX
- Drive from Songea (SGX) to Chilumbacar
40h 55m$875–2,595
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Mzuzu Airport (ZZU) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Philadelphia to Chilumba is to train and fly and taxi which costs $550 - $2,000 and takes 2 days 2h.
The fastest way to get from Philadelphia to Chilumba is to train and fly and drive which takes 33h 58m and costs $650 - $2,200.
The distance between Philadelphia and Chilumba is 12656 km.
It takes approximately 2 days 2h to get from Philadelphia to Chilumba, including transfers.
Chilumba is 7h ahead of Philadelphia. It is currently 8:40 PM in Philadelphia and 3:40 AM in Chilumba.
What companies run services between Philadelphia, PA, USA and Chilumba, Northern Region, Malawi?
There is no direct connection from Philadelphia to Chilumba. However, you can take the train to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station, walk to Penn Station, take the train to Jamaica, walk to Jamaica Station, take the vehicle to Terminal 4, walk to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) airport, fly to Mzuzu Airport (ZZU), then take the taxi to Chilumba. Alternatively, you can take the train to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station, walk to Penn Station, take the train to Jamaica, walk to Jamaica Station, take the vehicle to Terminal 4, walk to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) airport, fly to Kamuzu International Airport (LLW), take the taxi to Lilongwe, take the bus to Karonga, then take the taxi to Chilumba.
- Website
- airtanzania.co.tz
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Mbeya Airport via Nairobi, Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Mbeya Airport via Dubai, Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Mbeya Airport via Doha, Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Iringa Airport via Istanbul, Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 31m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Iringa Airport via Dubai, Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Songea via Istanbul, Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Songea via Dubai, Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Songea via Nairobi, Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Songea via Cairo, Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,000
- Website
- nyasaexpress.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Mzuzu Airport via Nairobi, Kamuzu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 40m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Chelinda Airport via Nairobi, Kamuzu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 55m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Chelinda Airport via Johannesburg, Kamuzu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Likoma Island Airport via Nairobi, Kamuzu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 55m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 50m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via Accra, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 40m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via Nairobi, Nampula
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
- Website
- auricair.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Iringa Airport via Nairobi, Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Iringa Airport via Dubai, Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Iringa Airport via Doha, Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 50m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via Nairobi, Nampula
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via Cairo, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,800
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
- Phone
- +(265)994 193 745
- Website
- sososocoaches.com
Bus from Lilongwe to Karonga
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $81
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +254 718 370 639
- zanzibartours@gmail.com
- Website
- hoteltoursandtransfers.com
Shuttle from Mbeya Airport to Malawi border
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $60–180
- Schedules at
- hoteltoursandtransfers.com
Bus from Songwe to Karonga
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- captaintours.websites.co.in
- Phone
- +265 995 83 60 38
- Website
- likomaexpress.com
Ferry from Likoma Island to Nkhata Bay
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- likomaexpress.com
- Phone
- +265 1 587 411
- Mary.zulu@msc.mw
- Website
- malawitourism.com
Ferry from Nkhata Bay to Chilumba Bay
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $4
- Schedules at
- malawitourism.com
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Estimated price
- $18–65
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