Photograph of Birmingham's skyline in August 1972. Taken by LeRoy Woodson for "DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern". Official caption "THE RED-ORANGE SMOKE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE STEEL PLANT BLURS THE CITY SKYLINE, 08/1972" ARC Identifier 545499 / Local Identifier 412-DA-3012 from Record Group 412: Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1944 - 2006. National Archives

Philadelphia to Birmingham

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Philadelphia to Birmingham. From €101.54, fastest 5h 13m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Philadelphia to Birmingham runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:34 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €108.11, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 13m over 1,296 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 18, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €108.11, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026

€108.11

  • 344%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.

  • 06:34First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 50%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €352.89Sat19
  2. about €241.79Sun20
  3. about €203.84Mon21
  4. about €165.34Tue22
  5. about €186.79Wed23
  6. about €221.99Thu24
  7. about €210.99Fri25
  8. about €181.27Sat26
  9. about €184.04Sun27
  10. about €126.99Mon28
  11. about €123.54Tue29
  12. about €150.49Wed30
  13. about €171.83Thu1
  14. about €150.49Fri2
  15. about €120.24Sat3
  16. about €113.42Sun4
  17. about €114.60Mon5
  18. about €101.54Tue6
  19. about €110.34Wed7
  20. about €132.89Thu8
  21. about €131.71Fri9

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 Birmingham. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Birmingham for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Birmingham and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Philadelphia to Birmingham

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €161.4990 days
  2. €91.0060 days
  3. €79.5445 days
  4. €115.8430 days
  5. €131.7121 days
  6. €150.4914 days
  7. €210.997 days
  8. €203.843 days
  9. €352.891 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €79.54.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 344 percent. The most expensive point is €352.89, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€352.89€79.54137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Philadelphia to Birmingham and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

1,296 km

1,258 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

1,573,916196,357

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaBirminghamBirmingham
The journey

What the journey 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 1,296 km against 1,258 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 Atlanta, Charlotte, Baltimore, Washington. The gap between arriving and leaving is 69 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 lockers

Baggage storage near Birmingham

Most of the points near Birmingham open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Philadelphia to Birmingham

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 it take to get from Philadelphia to Birmingham?

The fastest journey from Philadelphia to Birmingham takes 5h 13m door to door, of which 2h 7m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 21m, 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 Birmingham?

The cheapest fare from Philadelphia to Birmingham is €101.54, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €184.81. 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 Birmingham?

The cheapest way from Philadelphia to Birmingham is by flight, at €108.11 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 5h 17m 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 Birmingham?

Fares from Philadelphia to Birmingham bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €79.54. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 344 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Philadelphia to Birmingham?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Philadelphia to Birmingham, at €123.54. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 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 Birmingham?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Philadelphia to Birmingham, at €98.67 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 service from Philadelphia to Birmingham?

No operator record names Philadelphia to Birmingham directly. PSA Airlines publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Philadelphia to Birmingham?

20 percent of the services we sell from Philadelphia to Birmingham are direct. The rest connect at Atlanta, Charlotte, Baltimore, Washington, with about 69 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 Birmingham use?

Services from Philadelphia to Birmingham by flight leave from Philadelphia PHL and arrive at Birmingham BHM. 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 Birmingham?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Philadelphia to Birmingham 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.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

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 Birmingham on September 18, 2026: 1296 km of route against 1258 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €101.54, and 5h 13m 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 Birmingham is somebody else's catalog.

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The two ends, compared

Philadelphia reaches 183 places in 27 countries on services we hold, over distances from 46 to 10,902 km. Birmingham reaches 33 places in 2 countries, from 137 to 2,593 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Philadelphia

  • 183Places you can leave for
  • 27Countries
  • 32Operators

Arriving in Birmingham

Leaving Birmingham

  • 33Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 15Operators

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