There are 5 ways to get from Zurich 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)ZRH - PHL
12h 3m$408–959Fly Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)ZRH - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Station
13h 45m$218–729Fly Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)ZRH - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
13h 54m$233–1,098Fly Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)ZRH - 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
15h 13m$400–1,571Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Philadelphia International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)MXP - PHL
16h 1m$410–1,500
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Philadelphia is to fly and train which costs $210 - $750 and takes 13h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Philadelphia is to fly which takes 12h 3m and costs $400 - $1,000.
The distance between Zurich and Philadelphia is 4055 miles.
It takes approximately 12h 3m to get from Zurich to Philadelphia, including transfers.
Philadelphia is 6h behind Zurich. It is currently 8:13 AM in Zurich and 2:13 AM in Philadelphia.
There are 920+ hotels available in Philadelphia.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Philadelphia, PA, USA?
American Airlines, Swiss, and two other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 44m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
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 Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- 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
- $260–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
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 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- 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
- $240–900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 9m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–550
- 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.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
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
- 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
- $27–320
- 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
- $26–270
- 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
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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/
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