There are 7 ways to get from Philadelphia to Kunming by train or plane
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Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Kunming Changshui International Airport
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 Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane JFK - KMG
25h 33m¥2,840–11,113Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport, train
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 Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport (KWE)plane JFK - KWE
- Take the train from Longdongbao to Qianxitrain
- Take the train from Qianxi to Kunmingtrain
29h 41m¥2,738–10,460Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane PHL - KMG
26h 53m¥4,626–15,039Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane BWI - KMG
27h 37m¥4,368–19,068Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airporttrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane EWR - KMG
26h 43m¥3,496–11,457Train to Harrisburg International Airport, fly to Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Harrisburgtrain
- Fly from Harrisburg International Airport (MDT) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane MDT - KMG
30h 3m¥3,888–12,600Train to Laguardia Airport, fly to Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane LGA - KMG
28h 16m¥3,996–16,094
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Philadelphia to Kunming is to train and fly which costs ¥2700 - ¥11000 and takes 29h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Philadelphia to Kunming is to train and fly which takes 25h 33m and costs ¥2800 - ¥12000.
The distance between Philadelphia and Kunming is 12895 km.
It takes approximately 25h 33m to get from Philadelphia to Kunming, including transfers.
Kunming is 13h ahead of Philadelphia. It is currently 7:55 PM in Philadelphia and 8:55 AM in Kunming.
There are 269+ hotels available in Kunming.
What companies run services between Philadelphia, PA, USA and Kunming, China?
Airbus France, Air China, and seven other airlines fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) 3 times a day.
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–7,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–11,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Doha, Dhaka
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥7,000–19,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Doha, Kathmandu
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥7,000–19,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–19,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–16,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–14,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Istanbul, Dhaka
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,200–14,000
Flights from Harrisburg International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,300–14,000
Flights from Harrisburg International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Washington Dulles, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 17m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,800–14,000
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Montreal, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,700–16,000
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Toronto, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–18,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,500
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via London Heathrow, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,600–15,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Detroit, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,300–15,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via London Heathrow, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–11,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Frankfurt, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–11,000
Flights from Harrisburg International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Detroit, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–12,000
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Toronto, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,800–12,000
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Detroit, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,800–17,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–10,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Detroit, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,200–15,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–14,000
Flights from Harrisburg International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Washington Dulles, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 53m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–14,000
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Montreal, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,700–16,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–7,500
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Frankfurt, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–10,000
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Toronto, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,900–12,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Detroit, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,300–15,000
Flights from Harrisburg International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Detroit, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–12,000
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Detroit, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,800–17,000
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Fuzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–19,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport via Fuzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,000
- Website
- airkunming.com
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Detroit, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,300–15,000
Flights from Harrisburg International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Detroit, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–12,000
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Detroit, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,800–17,000
- Website
- luckyair.net
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Frankfurt, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,700–15,000
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via London Heathrow, Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–21,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact 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
- ¥330–550
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥380–600
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥280–450
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Harrisburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥370–600
- 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
- ¥330–550
- 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
- ¥330–550
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact 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
- ¥130–4,000
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- ¥130–3,100
- First Class
- ¥850–4,000
Train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥160–4,100
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- ¥160–3,100
- First Class
- ¥900–4,100
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥130–4,000
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- ¥130–3,100
- First Class
- ¥850–4,000
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥130–4,000
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- ¥130–3,100
- First Class
- ¥850–4,000
Train from Longdongbao to Qianxi
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥55–90
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥55–75
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥60–90
Train from Qianxi to Kunming
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥250–270
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥410–450
- Business Class Seat
- ¥550–850
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