Philadelphia to Charleston runs about 9 times a day, with the first departure around 06:22 and the last around 17:31. One passenger pays between €74.48 and €86.87, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 45m over 932 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 · Priced for October 6, 2026
€74.48 to €86.87
- 179%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.
- 06:22First departure
- 17:31Last departure
- 9Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €179.50Fri18
- about €180.09Sat19
- about €139.38Sun20
- about €116.96Mon21
- about €121.09Tue22
- about €124.04Wed23
- about €124.63Thu24
- about €124.63Fri25
- about €116.96Sat26
- about €110.47Sun27
- about €105.16Mon28
- about €93.36Tue29
- about €101.62Wed30
- about €96.31Thu1
- about €91.59Fri2
- about €95.13Sat3
- about €88.64Sun4
- about €78.61Mon5
- about €74.48Tue6
- about €78.02Wed7
- about €112.24Thu8
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 Charleston. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Charleston for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Charleston Union Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Philadelphia to Charleston
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €88.6490 days
- €64.4560 days
- €73.3045 days
- €84.5130 days
- €112.2421 days
- €96.3114 days
- €124.637 days
- €139.383 days
- €179.501 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €64.45.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 179 percent. The most expensive point is €179.50, 1 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 Charleston 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
932 km
905 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
1,573,916 → 132,609
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
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
- 69% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 31% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 932 km against 905 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 Raleigh, Durham, Richmond, West Raleigh. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Charleston Union Station
Most of the points near Charleston Union Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Philadelphia to Charleston
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 Charleston?
The fastest journey from Philadelphia to Charleston takes 4h 45m door to door, of which 1h 37m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 51m, 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 Charleston?
The cheapest fare from Philadelphia to Charleston is €74.48, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €125.22. 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 Charleston?
The cheapest way from Philadelphia to Charleston is by flight, at €74.48 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 4h 47m 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 Charleston?
Fares from Philadelphia to Charleston bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €64.45. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 179 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Philadelphia to Charleston?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Philadelphia to Charleston, at €93.36. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 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 Charleston?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Philadelphia to Charleston, at €63.86 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 Charleston?
No operator record names Philadelphia to Charleston directly. American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Piedmont 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 Charleston?
69 percent of the services we sell from Philadelphia to Charleston are direct. The rest connect at Raleigh, Durham, Richmond, West Raleigh, with about 62 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 Charleston use?
Services from Philadelphia to Charleston by flight leave from Philadelphia PHL and arrive at Charleston CHS. 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 Charleston?
0 of the 3 operators we sell from Philadelphia to Charleston 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 Charleston on September 17, 2026: 932 km of route against 905 km in a straight line, 13 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €74.48, and 4h 45m 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 Charleston a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Charleston and across United States
Day trips that leave Charleston in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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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. Charleston reaches 47 places in 2 countries, from 134 to 6,167 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Philadelphia
- 183Places you can leave for
- 27Countries
- 32Operators
Arriving in Charleston
Leaving Charleston
- 47Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 18Operators