There are 11 ways to get from Philadelphia to Sylmar by plane, bus (Greyhound), train (Amtrak), car, or train
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Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
best- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane PHL - LAX
9h 58m$157–506Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airporttrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane EWR - LAX
10h 31m$129–487Bus
- Take the bus from Philadelphia to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Main / 7th to Hubbard / Glenoaksbus 92
2d 14h$476–885Train via Washington (Amtrak)
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Rockville Amtrak to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Fullerton Amtrak Stationtrain
2d 19h$784–1,815Drive 2,691.7 mi
- Drive from Philadelphia to Sylmarcar 2,691.7 mi
44h 3m$492–710Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR)plane PHL - BUR
11h 14m$240–1,114Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane BWI - LAX
10h 56m$181–571Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane JFK - LAX
11h 41m$140–1,098Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Ontario International Airport, train
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Ontario International Airport (ONT)plane BWI - ONT
- Take the train from Rancho Cucamonga to L.A. Union Stationtrain
12h 42m$288–1,175Fly Philadelphia International Airport to San Diego International Airport, train
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane PHL - SAN
- Take the train from San Diego Old Town Transportation Center to Los Angelestrain
13h 29m$320–1,383Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angelestrain
3d$823–1,893
Philadelphia to Sylmar by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Philadelphia to Sylmar is to train and fly which costs $120 - $490 and takes 10h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Philadelphia to Sylmar is to fly which takes 9h 58m and costs $150 - $550.
No, there is no direct bus from Philadelphia to Sylmar. However, there are services departing from Philadelphia and arriving at Hubbard / Glenoaks via St Louis Bus Station, Patsaouras Transit Plaza at Union Station and Main / 7th. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 14h.
No, there is no direct train from Philadelphia station to Sylmar. However, there are services departing from 30th Street Station and arriving at Sylmar / San Fernando via Union Station, Red Line Center Platform, Rockville Amtrak, Chicago Union Station, Fullerton and L.A. Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 19h.
The distance between Philadelphia and Sylmar is 2456 miles. The road distance is 2707.5 miles.
The best way to get from Philadelphia to Sylmar without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 14h and costs $470 - $900.
It takes approximately 9h 58m to get from Philadelphia to Sylmar, including transfers.
Philadelphia to Sylmar bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Philadelphia station.
Philadelphia to Sylmar train services, operated by Amtrak Northeast Regional, depart from 30th Street Station.
The best way to get from Philadelphia to Sylmar is to fly which takes 9h 58m and costs $150 - $550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $470 - $900 and takes 2 days 14h, you could also train via Washington, which costs $750 - $1,900 and takes 2 days 19h.
What companies run services between Philadelphia, PA, USA and Sylmar, CA, USA?
American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, and Southwest Airlines fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Philadelphia to Hubbard / Glenoaks via St Louis Bus Station, Patsaouras Transit Plaza at Union Station, Spring St & 7th St, and Main / 7th in around 2d 14h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ontario International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,200
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,200
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to San Diego International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 9m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–490
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 13m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–420
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
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
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
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
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
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
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Rockville Amtrak to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $190–420
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Fullerton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $550–1,300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- 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
- $26–60
- 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
- $23–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from San Diego Old Town Transportation Center to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $260–600
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $550–1,300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- (800) 371-LINK (5465)
- Website
- metrolinktrains.com
Train from Rancho Cucamonga to L.A. Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Philadelphia to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $150–280
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $320–600
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1-323-466-3876
- CustomerRelations@metro.net
- Website
- metro.net
Bus from Main / 7th to Hubbard / Glenoaks
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Website
- https://www.metro.net
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More Questions & Answers
Philadelphia to Sylmar bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at St Louis Bus Station.
Sylmar is 3h behind Philadelphia. It is currently 2:39 AM in Philadelphia and 11:39 PM in Sylmar.
Philadelphia to Sylmar train services, operated by Amtrak Northeast Regional, arrive at Washington Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Philadelphia to Sylmar is 2707 miles. It takes approximately 44h 3m to drive from Philadelphia to Sylmar.
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