There are 5 ways to get from Philadelphia to Palermo by plane, train, or bus
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 Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane PHL - PMO
13h 48m€656–7,010Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
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 Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane JFK - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
16h 44m€361–1,215Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane JFK - PMO
13h 23m€363–1,197Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airporttrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane EWR - PMO
13h 3m€364–950Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane PHL - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
16h 39m€484–878
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Philadelphia to Palermo is to train and fly which costs €360 - €950 and takes 13h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Philadelphia to Palermo is to train and fly which takes 13h 3m and costs €360 - €950.
The distance between Philadelphia and Palermo is 7336 km.
It takes approximately 13h 48m to get from Philadelphia to Palermo, including transfers.
Palermo is 6h ahead of Philadelphia. It is currently 3:35 PM in Philadelphia and 9:35 PM in Palermo.
There are 6263+ hotels available in Palermo.
What companies run services between Philadelphia, PA, USA and Palermo, Italy?
American Airlines, Vueling Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Palermo Airport (PMO) 3 times a day.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–600
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €360–1,200
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €410–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–850
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–850
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–900
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Palermo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Palermo Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,200
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,200
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–950
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Palermo Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Palermo Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €360–1,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–1,300
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–850
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,300
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–750
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–1,300
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–850
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,300
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–750
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–800
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–850
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Palermo Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–850
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–850
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €370–950
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €370–1,300
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–950
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- €18–400
- First Class
- €110–550
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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