There are 7 ways to get from Philadelphia to French Polynesia by plane, train, subway, or car ferry
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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 26m$903–2,203Train 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$676–2,315Train 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
18h 42m$872–2,548Train 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 18m$829–2,164Train 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
20h 24m$1,442–3,689Train, 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 Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 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 13m$792–1,994Fly 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 car ferry from Moorea to Papeete Ferry Terminalcarferry
22h 17m$715–1,753
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 train and fly which costs $850 - $2,600 and takes 18h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Philadelphia to French Polynesia is to fly which takes 18h 26m and costs $900 - $2,200.
The distance between Philadelphia and French Polynesia is 10004 km.
It takes approximately 18h 26m to get from Philadelphia to French Polynesia, including transfers.
There are 703+ hotels available in French Polynesia.
What companies run services between Philadelphia, PA, USA and French Polynesia?
American Airlines, Air Tahiti Nui, and four other airlines fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT) 4 times a day.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–5,500
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Denver, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–5,500
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,200
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–5,500
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Kansas City, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–5,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,200–9,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Las Vegas, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,200–9,000
- Website
- airtahitinui.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–5,500
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,200
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–5,500
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Kansas City, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–5,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,200–9,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,200
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–5,500
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Kansas City, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–5,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,200–9,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,400
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
- Website
- airtahitinui.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 26m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–3,600
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via San Francisco, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 57m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 42m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,600
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Chicago Midway, Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
- Website
- frenchbee.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 34m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,200
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 41m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,600
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- $22–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–65
- 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
- $25–60
- 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
- $35–85
- 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 40 500 350
- info@terevau.pf
- Website
- terevau.pf
Car ferry from Moorea to Papeete Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–110
- Website
- https://www.terevau.pf/
- Passenger
- $14
- Moto Scooter
- $11–70
- Bicycles
- $3
- Vehicle
- $45–110
- 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
- $10–70
- Schedules at
- vaearai.com
- Adult one way
- $19
- Child (2-12 years) one way
- $10
- Vehicle
- $35–70
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