Philadelphia to Columbus runs about 13 times a day, with the first departure around 06:18 and the last around 18:34. One passenger pays between €57.37 and €62.68, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 27m over 688 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€57.37 to €62.68
- 107%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Philadelphia
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.
- 06:18First departure
- 18:34Last departure
- 13Services per day
- 92%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €111.65Wed16
- about €141.15Thu17
- about €112.24Fri18
- about €111.65Sat19
- about €101.62Sun20
- about €88.05Mon21
- about €73.89Tue22
- about €77.43Wed23
- about €100.44Thu24
- about €87.46Fri25
- about €88.64Sat26
- about €83.33Sun27
- about €72.71Mon28
- about €60.29Tue29
- about €65.04Wed30
- about €73.30Thu1
- about €65.24Fri2
- about €70.94Sat3
- about €66.22Sun4
- about €58.55Mon5
- about €57.37Tue6
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 Columbus. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Columbus for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Philadelphia to Columbus
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €62.6890 days
- €54.2460 days
- €62.4945 days
- €65.0430 days
- €57.3721 days
- €60.2914 days
- €73.897 days
- €112.243 days
- €111.651 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €54.24.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 107 percent. The dearest point is €112.24, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Philadelphia to Columbus and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
688 km
668 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
1,573,916 → 913,175
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
- 75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 688 km against 668 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 Pittsburgh, Akron, Baltimore, Washington. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Union Station
Most of the points near Union Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Philadelphia to Columbus
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 Philadelphia to Columbus?
The fastest journey from Philadelphia to Columbus takes 4h 27m door to door, of which 1h 18m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 31m, 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 Philadelphia to Columbus?
The cheapest fare from Philadelphia to Columbus is €57.37, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €94.54. 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 Philadelphia to Columbus?
The cheapest way from Philadelphia to Columbus is by flight, at €62.68 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 28m 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 Philadelphia to Columbus?
Fares from Philadelphia to Columbus bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €54.24. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 107 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Philadelphia to Columbus?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Philadelphia to Columbus, at €60.29. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Philadelphia to Columbus?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Philadelphia to Columbus, at €49.70 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 Philadelphia to Columbus?
3 operators sell services from Philadelphia to Columbus across 1 mode: American Airlines, Bahamasair, Republic Airways. 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 Philadelphia to Columbus?
75 percent of the services we sell from Philadelphia to Columbus are direct. The rest connect at Pittsburgh, Akron, Baltimore, Washington, with about 59 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 Philadelphia to Columbus use?
Services from Philadelphia to Columbus by flight leave from Philadelphia PHL and arrive at Columbus LCK. 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 Philadelphia to Columbus?
0 of the 3 operators we sell from Philadelphia to Columbus 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 Philadelphia to Columbus on 15 September 2026: 688 km of route against 668 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €57.37, and 4h 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Columbus is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Columbus and across United States
Day trips that leave Columbus in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Philadelphia reaches 181 places in 25 countries on services we hold, over distances from 46 to 10,902 km. Columbus reaches 74 places in 7 countries, from 95 to 11,592 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Philadelphia
- 181Places you can leave for
- 25Countries
- 32Operators
Arriving in Columbus
Leaving Columbus
- 74Places you can leave for
- 7Countries
- 26Operators