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)plane PHL - PPT
18h 1m$753–2,704Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)plane JFK - PPT
19h 22m$585–2,515Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airporttrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)plane EWR - PPT
19h 20m$693–2,367Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)plane BWI - PPT
19h 33m$724–3,108Train to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, fly to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)plane DCA - PPT
21h 6m$935–3,840Train, subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Take the subway from Metro Center, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Center Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)plane IAD - PPT
20h 24m$635–2,739Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport, car ferry
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Moorea-Temae Airport (MOZ)plane PHL - MOZ
- Take the carferry from Moorea to Papeete Ferry Terminalcarferry
22h 47m$672–2,304
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Philadelphia to French Polynesia is to train and fly which costs $650 - $2,400 and takes 19h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Philadelphia to French Polynesia is to fly which takes 18h 1m and costs $750 - $2,700.
The distance between Philadelphia and French Polynesia is 10004 km.
It takes approximately 18h 1m to get from Philadelphia to French Polynesia, including transfers.
There are 666+ 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) 3 times a day.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–7,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Las Vegas, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–7,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–6,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,700
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,900–8,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Las Vegas, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,900–8,000
- Website
- airtahitinui.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–7,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–6,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–6,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,700
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,900–8,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 29m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–6,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–6,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,700
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,900–8,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
- Website
- airtahitinui.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 53m
- When
- Saturday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–5,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via San Francisco, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,500
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–5,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Chicago Midway, Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 1m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 29m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- frenchbee.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 46m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,300
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 46m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 23m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- 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 BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- 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
- $50–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $24–460
- First Class
- $140–650
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 Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
Subway from Metro Center, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Center Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- Phone
- +689 40 46 11 60
- 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
- $10–70
- Schedules at
- vaearai.com
- Adult one way
- $18
- Child (2-12 years) one way
- $10
- Vehicle
- $35–70
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