There are 8 ways to get from China to Philadelphia by train, plane, or subway
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Train to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, fly to Philadelphia International Airport
best- Take the train from Suzhou to Shanghai stationtrain
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane PVG - PHL
21h 24m$363–975Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane PEK - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
20h 24m$327–1,525Fly Hong Kong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane HKG - PHL
22h 5m$559–1,729Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane PEK - PHL
20h 7m$455–1,410Fly Hong Kong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane HKG - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
20h 29m$541–1,744Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, train
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane PEK - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Metro Center, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
21h 22m$577–1,732Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Laguardia Airport, train
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Laguardia Airport (LGA)plane PEK - LGA
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
20h 48m$526–2,312Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane PEK - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Stationtrain
21h 20m$363–1,076
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from China to Philadelphia is to fly and train which costs $360 - $1,100 and takes 21h 20m.
The fastest way to get from China to Philadelphia is to fly which takes 20h 7m and costs $450 - $1,500.
The distance between China and Philadelphia is 7541 miles.
It takes approximately 21h 24m to get from China to Philadelphia, including transfers.
There are 982+ hotels available in Philadelphia.
What companies run services between China and Philadelphia, PA, USA?
Cathay Pacific, American Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) every 3 hours.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 39m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 51m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–950
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 21m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,400
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 34m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 28m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 52m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 53m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,100
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 34m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 12m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 3m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 43m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 6m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 21m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,400
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 28m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 53m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 1m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 31m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–900
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 34m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 39m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Seattle, Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 43m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Train from Suzhou to Shanghai station
- 2nd Class Seat
- $6–7
- 1st Class Seat
- $9–11
- Business Class Seat
- $13–19
Train from Suzhou to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- $6–10
- Hard Sleeper
- $6–11
- Soft Sleeper
- $17–24
Train from Suzhou to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- $2–4
- Hard sleeper
- $6–9
- Soft sleeper
- $11–14
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Metro Center, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
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