There are 7 ways to get from Philadelphia to Sydney by plane, train, or subway
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Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Sydney International Airport
best- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane PHL - SYD
24h 42m$1,303–2,663Train, subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Sydney International Airport
cheapest- 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 Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane IAD - SYD
27h 33m$797–3,765Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Sydney International Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airporttrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane EWR - SYD
25h 57m$1,233–3,144Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Sydney International Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane BWI - SYD
25h 44m$977–5,112Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Sydney International 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 Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane JFK - SYD
26h 38m$1,006–3,122Train to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, fly to Sydney International Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane DCA - SYD
26h 50m$1,447–6,458Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Newcastle Airport, train
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Newcastle Airport (NTL)plane PHL - NTL
- Take the train from Hamilton Station to Central Stationtrain
30h 36m$1,014–3,543
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Sydney International Airport (SYD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Philadelphia to Sydney is to train and fly which costs $1,000 - $3,200 and takes 26h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Philadelphia to Sydney is to fly which takes 24h 42m and costs $1,300 - $2,700.
The distance between Philadelphia and Sydney is 15905 km.
It takes approximately 24h 42m to get from Philadelphia to Sydney, including transfers.
Sydney is 16h ahead of Philadelphia. It is currently 7:37 PM in Philadelphia and 11:37 AM in Sydney.
There are 4755+ hotels available in Sydney.
What companies run services between Philadelphia, PA, USA and Sydney, NSW, Australia?
American Airlines, Qantas, and two other airlines fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Sydney International Airport (SYD) every 4 hours.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sydney International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sydney International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sydney International Airport via San Francisco, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 6m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Sydney International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,500
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Sydney International Airport via San Francisco, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,500
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,300
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–6,500
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Newcastle Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Newcastle Airport via Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Newcastle Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Newcastle Airport via Los Angeles, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sydney International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sydney International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sydney International Airport via San Francisco, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 6m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Sydney International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,500
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Sydney International Airport via San Francisco, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,500
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Newcastle Airport via San Francisco, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sydney International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sydney International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 41m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sydney International Airport via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 51m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Sydney International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,500
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Sydney International Airport via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–5,500
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Newcastle Airport via Los Angeles, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,500
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sydney International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,300
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–6,500
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
- 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
- $16–330
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $16–330
- Business Class
- $85–380
Train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–340
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $21–340
- Business Class
- $90–400
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–330
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $18–330
- Business Class
- $85–390
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–370
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $27–370
- Business Class
- $100–430
- 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
- $14–95
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- $26–45
- Coach Seat short notice purchase
- $14–95
- Business - advance purchase
- $20–140
- Business Class
- $30–260
Train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–290
- 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
- $26–370
- 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
- $23–260
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- 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
- $35–900
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $35–700
- First Class
- $200–900
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–900
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $30–700
- First Class
- $190–900
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–950
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $45–700
- First Class
- $220–950
- 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
- $3–12
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $3–4
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- $8–12
- Phone
- 131 500
- Website
- transportnsw.info
Train from Hamilton Station to Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–13
- Website
- https://transportnsw.info/regional
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