There are 7 ways to get from Philadelphia to French Polynesia by plane, train, subway, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
best- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)PHL - PPT
18h 41m$650–2,300Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport, car ferry
cheapest- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Moorea-Temae Airport (MOZ)PHL - MOZ
- Take the car ferry from Moorea to Papeete Ferry Terminal
21h 43m$527–1,656Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)EWR - PPT
19h 6m$860–2,319Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)BWI - PPT
19h 53m$565–2,708Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)JFK - PPT
19h 40m$1,326–3,815Train to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, fly to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)DCA - PPT
21h 4m$1,023–4,340Train, subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)IAD - PPT
21h 6m$573–2,745
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Philadelphia to French Polynesia is to fly and car ferry which costs $500 - $1,700 and takes 21h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Philadelphia to French Polynesia is to fly which takes 18h 41m and costs $650 - $2,300.
The distance between Philadelphia and French Polynesia is 10004 km.
It takes approximately 18h 41m to get from Philadelphia to French Polynesia, including transfers.
There are 691+ hotels available in French Polynesia.
What companies run services between Philadelphia, PA, USA and French Polynesia?
American Airlines, Air Tahiti Nui, and three other airlines fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT) 4 times a day.
- Website
- airtahitinui.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 56m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,500
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–8,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 27m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,500
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,900
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Phoenix, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–8,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Columbus, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 1m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–8,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 27m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,500
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 56m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,500
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–8,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 27m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,500
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
- Website
- airtahitinui.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 13m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–3,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via San Francisco, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 34m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via St. Louis, Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Chicago Midway, Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 23m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- frenchbee.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 43m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- hawaiianairlines.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 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 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- 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
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–230
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $12–230
- Business Class
- $60–270
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- 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 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–240
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–320
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–270
- 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 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- 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 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- 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 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- 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 Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center 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
- Phone
- +689 40 50 57 57
- contact@aremiti.net
- Website
- aremiti.pf
Car ferry from Moorea to Papeete Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–17
- Schedules at
- aremiti.pf
- Passenger (Adult)
- $17
- Passenger (Child)
- $9
- Passenger (Senior)
- $14
- Vehicle
- $35–80
- Phone
- +689 40 46 11 80
- contact@vaearai.pf
- Website
- vaearai.com
Car ferry from Moorea to Papeete Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2–70
- Schedules at
- vaearai.com
- Adult one way
- $13
- Child (2-12 years) one way
- $7
- Vehicle
- $35–70
- Bicycle
- $2
- Motorbike/Scooter
- $10
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