Madison to Philadelphia runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:23 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €109.29 and €112.83, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 12m over 1,270 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€109.29 to €112.83
- 125%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Madison
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:23First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 33%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €165.73Tue15
- about €156.93Wed16
- about €193.78Thu17
- about €161.88Fri18
- about €156.38Sat19
- about €173.43Sun20
- about €105.23Mon21
- about €104.13Tue22
- about €122.83Wed23
- about €147.03Thu24
- about €129.43Fri25
- about €151.98Sat26
- about €131.08Sun27
- about €93.13Mon28
- about €86.53Tue29
- about €103.03Wed30
- about €122.28Thu1
- about €93.13Fri2
- about €117.88Sat3
- about €101.93Sun4
- about €96.43Mon5
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Philadelphia. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Philadelphia for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Madison to Philadelphia
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €106.3390 days
- €87.0860 days
- €109.0845 days
- €85.9830 days
- €96.4321 days
- €93.1314 days
- €105.237 days
- €193.783 days
- €165.731 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €85.98.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 125 percent. The dearest point is €193.78, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Madison to Philadelphia and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
1,270 km
1,233 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
280,305 → 1,573,916
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,270 km against 1,233 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Akron, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Detroit. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Philadelphia 30th Street
Most of the points near Philadelphia 30th Street open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Madison to Philadelphia
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Madison to Philadelphia?
The fastest journey from Madison to Philadelphia takes 5h 12m door to door, of which 2h 8m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 19m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Madison to Philadelphia?
The cheapest fare from Madison to Philadelphia is €86.53, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €181.27. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Madison to Philadelphia?
The cheapest way from Madison to Philadelphia is by flight, at €112.83 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 5h 18m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Madison to Philadelphia?
Fares from Madison to Philadelphia bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €85.98. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 125 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Madison to Philadelphia?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Madison to Philadelphia, at €96.43. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Madison to Philadelphia?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Madison to Philadelphia, at €65.08 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Madison to Philadelphia?
1 operators sell services from Madison to Philadelphia across 1 mode: PSA Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Madison to Philadelphia?
20 percent of the services we sell from Madison to Philadelphia are direct. The rest connect at Akron, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Detroit, with about 51 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Madison to Philadelphia use?
Services from Madison to Philadelphia by flight leave from Madison MSN and arrive at Philadelphia PHL. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Madison to Philadelphia?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Madison to Philadelphia allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Madison to Philadelphia on 14 September 2026: 1270 km of route against 1233 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €86.53, and 5h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Philadelphia a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Philadelphia and across United States
Day trips that leave Philadelphia in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Madison reaches 41 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 93 to 2,684 km. Philadelphia reaches 181 places in 25 countries, from 46 to 10,902 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Madison
- 41Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 16Operators
Arriving in Philadelphia
Leaving Philadelphia
- 181Places you can leave for
- 25Countries
- 32Operators