There are 8 ways to get from Sydney to Philadelphia by plane, train, or subway
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Fly to Philadelphia International Airport
best- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)SYD - PHL
22h 37m$962–2,915Fly to Harrisburg International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Harrisburg International Airport (MDT)SYD - MDT
- Take the train from Harrisburg to 30th Street Station
31h 12m$548–1,862Fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)SYD - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
24h 14m$826–2,567Fly to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)SYD - DCA
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
25h$1,034–4,072Fly to Laguardia Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Laguardia Airport (LGA)SYD - LGA
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
24h 46m$977–2,221Fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)SYD - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
24h 52m$687–2,034Fly to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)SYD - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Station
24h 52m$872–2,235Fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)SYD - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
25h 13m$634–2,677
Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sydney to Philadelphia is to fly and train which costs $650 - $2,100 and takes 24h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Sydney to Philadelphia is to fly which takes 22h 37m and costs $950 - $3,000.
The distance between Sydney and Philadelphia is 9943 miles.
It takes approximately 22h 37m to get from Sydney to Philadelphia, including transfers.
Philadelphia is 16h behind Sydney. It is currently 5:20 AM in Sydney and 1:20 PM in Philadelphia.
There are 909+ hotels available in Philadelphia.
What companies run services between Sydney, NSW, Australia and Philadelphia, PA, USA?
Qantas, American Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) 5 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 54m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 31m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 29m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 29m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 24m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Pittsburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 24m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Harrisburg International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Vancouver, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 46m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Vancouver, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Vancouver, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 39m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Vancouver, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Vancouver, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Harrisburg International Airport via Los Angeles, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Harrisburg International Airport via San Francisco, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 24m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–1,200
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
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.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $14–240
- Business Class
- $60–280
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.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $18–250
- Business Class
- $70–300
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.html
- 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.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $10–220
- Business Class
- $55–260
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
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
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
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $27–310
- 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
- $26–300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–350
- 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 Harrisburg to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- 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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