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 26m$360–963Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
cheapest- 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
19h 56m$272–1,228Fly 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 39m$305–1,470Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Laguardia Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Laguardia Airport (LGA)plane PVG - LGA
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
22h$461–1,815Fly 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
24h 12m$432–1,761Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- 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
22h 16m$298–779Fly 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 Metro Center, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
22h 9m$472–1,235Fly 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
25h 3m$364–901
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Philadelphia is to fly and train which costs $290 - $800 and takes 22h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Philadelphia is to fly and train which takes 19h 56m and costs $270 - $1,300.
The distance between Shanghai and Philadelphia is 7485 miles.
It takes approximately 20h 26m to get from Shanghai to Philadelphia, including transfers.
Philadelphia is 13h behind Shanghai. It is currently 9:19 AM in Shanghai and 8:19 PM in Philadelphia.
There are 982+ hotels available in Philadelphia.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Philadelphia, PA, USA?
Air Canada, American Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) 5 times a day.
- 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 Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 49m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Detroit, Pittsburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 18m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 58m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Harrisburg International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Harrisburg International Airport via Seattle, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
- 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, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 39m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 9m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Harrisburg International Airport via Toronto, Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 6m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–800
- 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 Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 23m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,100
- 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 Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
- 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
- $270–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 39m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–2,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 26m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Fuzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–850
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
- 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
- $230–600
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 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 BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- 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
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Harrisburg to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- 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 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 BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $24–460
- First Class
- $140–650
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
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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