Cheapest€72.71
- Air Wisconsin AW196811:481h 38m13:26Philadelphia ILGColumbia CAE
Door to door 4h 48mCO2 213.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Philadelphia to Columbia flight
Flights from Philadelphia to Columbia start at €86.87 and take 4h 41m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Philadelphia to Columbia on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from Philadelphia to Columbia starts at €86.87 and takes 4h 41m door to door, run by 3 operators over 867 km, with around 18 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 4h 41mDoor to door
- 1h 31mMoving
- €86.87 to €172.42From
- 06:01 to 20:05First and last departure
- 18Per day
- 213.3 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€86.87 to €172.42 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €152.95Tue15
- about €140.56Wed16
- about €172.42Thu17
- about €133.48Fri18
- about €134.66Sat19
- about €125.81Sun20
- about €108.70Mon21
- about €86.87Tue22
- about €93.36Wed23
- about €116.37Thu24
- about €109.88Fri25
- about €112.83Sat26
- about €101.62Sun27
- about €89.23Mon28
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 cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026
Fastest€83.33
- Air Wisconsin AW748414:411h 31m16:12Philadelphia PHLColumbia CAE
Door to door 4h 41mCO2 213.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Piedmont Airlines | €76.25 |
 Bahamasair | €74.48 |
 Air Wisconsin | €72.71 |
The flight gets you into Columbia. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Philadelphia to Columbia
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €83.9290 days
- €69.7660 days
- €81.5645 days
- €64.4530 days
- €72.7121 days
- €89.2314 days
- €108.707 days
- €172.423 days
- €152.951 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €64.45.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 168 percent. The most expensive point is €172.42, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €101.62Sun
- €89.23Mon
- €86.87Tue
- €93.36Wed
- €116.37Thu
- €109.88Fri
- €112.83Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Philadelphia
Air
- PHL
- ILG
Columbia
Air
- CAE
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 82% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 18% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 867 km against 842 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 Durham, Richmond, Greensboro, West Raleigh. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Philadelphia at 06:01 and the last at 20:05, across 18 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Philadelphia to Columbia
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 the Flight from Philadelphia to Columbia take?
The Flight from Philadelphia to Columbia takes 4h 41m door to door, of which 1h 31m is spent moving. The route runs 867 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Philadelphia to Columbia cost?
The Flight from Philadelphia to Columbia starts at €86.87 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €88.94. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Philadelphia to Columbia?
3 operators run the Flight from Philadelphia to Columbia: Piedmont Airlines, Bahamasair, Air Wisconsin. Between them they file around 18 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Philadelphia to Columbia use?
The Flight from Philadelphia to Columbia leaves from Philadelphia PHL and arrives at Columbia CAE. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Flight from Philadelphia to Columbia?
Fares for the Flight from Philadelphia to Columbia bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €64.45. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 168 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Philadelphia to Columbia produce?
The Flight from Philadelphia to Columbia produces about 213.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 867 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Philadelphia to Columbia on September 14, 2026: 867 km of route against 842 km in a straight line, 18 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €86.87, and 4h 41m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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