There are 7 ways to get from Switzerland to Philadelphia by plane, train, or subway
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Fly Zurich Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane ZRH - PHL
12h 10m$409–1,110Fly Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane ZRH - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Stationtrain
13h 43m$219–660Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Philadelphia International Airport
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane MXP - PHL
13h 24m$437–709Fly Geneva International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane GVA - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
13h 46m$249–1,073Fly Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane ZRH - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
13h 57m$244–1,069Fly Geneva International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane GVA - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Stationtrain
13h 48m$244–874Fly Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane ZRH - 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
15h 11m$310–1,572
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Switzerland to Philadelphia is to fly and train which costs $210 - $700 and takes 13h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Switzerland to Philadelphia is to fly which takes 12h 10m and costs $400 - $1,200.
The distance between Switzerland and Philadelphia is 4055 miles.
It takes approximately 12h 10m to get from Switzerland to Philadelphia, including transfers.
Philadelphia is 6h behind Switzerland. It is currently 8:02 PM in Switzerland and 2:02 PM in Philadelphia.
There are 965+ hotels available in Philadelphia.
What companies run services between Switzerland and Philadelphia, PA, USA?
American Airlines, Swiss, and two other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 9m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–500
Flights from Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 36m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Geneva International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–360
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Geneva International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 39m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–500
Flights from Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Geneva International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–360
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Geneva International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 29m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 29m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,200
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–370
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- 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 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
- 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
- $18–280
- 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
- $10–65
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- $18–29
- Coach Seat short notice purchase
- $10–65
- Business - advance purchase
- $13–95
- Business Class
- $23–180
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–220
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- 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 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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