There are 8 ways to get from Shanghai to Philadelphia by plane, train, or subway
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane PVG - PHL
20h 7m$811–1,412Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane PVG - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Stationtrain
21h 38m$267–1,004Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane SHA - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
21h 51m$726–3,020Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane PVG - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Stationtrain
22h 30m$413–1,571Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane SHA - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Stationtrain
21h 18m$300–1,446Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane PVG - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
20h 8m$523–1,728Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane PVG - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
23h 31m$642–1,046Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Harrisburg International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Harrisburg International Airport (MDT)plane PVG - MDT
- Take the train from Harrisburg to 30th Street Stationtrain
23h 41m$834–3,271
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Philadelphia is to fly and train which costs $260 - $1,000 and takes 21h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Philadelphia is to fly which takes 20h 7m and costs $800 - $1,500.
The distance between Shanghai and Philadelphia is 7485 miles.
It takes approximately 20h 7m to get from Shanghai to Philadelphia, including transfers.
Philadelphia is 12h behind Shanghai. It is currently 5:22 AM in Shanghai and 5:22 PM in Philadelphia.
There are 1012+ hotels available in Philadelphia.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Philadelphia, PA, USA?
Air Canada, Delta, and three other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) 5 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 56m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,800
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 18m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 33m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Harrisburg International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–3,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 34m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 18m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 19m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 54m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–4,600
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,700
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Fuzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- 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 BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- 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 Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 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 Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- 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 Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $25–60
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Harrisburg to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–60
- 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 Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- 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 BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- 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 Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- 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 Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 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
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