Philadelphia to Columbia runs about 18 times a day, with the first departure around 06:22 and the last around 19:58. One passenger pays between €69.17 and €75.07, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 40m over 867 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
€69.17 to €75.07
- 103%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
- 19:58Last departure
- 18Services 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 €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
- about €74.48Tue29
- about €79.20Wed30
- about €90.41Thu1
- about €83.92Fri2
- about €89.23Sat3
- about €81.56Sun4
- about €72.71Mon5
- about €69.17Tue6
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 Columbia. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Columbia for the night the flight gets in
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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.
- €76.2590 days
- €72.1260 days
- €73.3045 days
- €79.2030 days
- €69.1721 days
- €74.4814 days
- €86.877 days
- €133.483 days
- €140.561 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €69.17.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 103 percent. The most expensive point is €140.56, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Philadelphia to Columbia 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
867 km
842 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
1,573,916 → 142,416
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
- 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.
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 Columbia station
Most of the points near Columbia station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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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 it take to get from Philadelphia to Columbia?
The fastest journey from Philadelphia to Columbia takes 4h 40m door to door, of which 1h 30m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 46m, 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 Columbia?
The cheapest fare from Philadelphia to Columbia is €69.17, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €119.32. 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 Columbia?
The cheapest way from Philadelphia to Columbia is by flight, at €74.48 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 4h 40m 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 Columbia?
Fares from Philadelphia to Columbia bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €69.17. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 103 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Philadelphia to Columbia?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Philadelphia to Columbia, at €74.48. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 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 Columbia?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Philadelphia to Columbia, at €60.91 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 Columbia?
3 operators sell services from Philadelphia to Columbia across 1 mode: Air Wisconsin, Bahamasair, Piedmont 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 Philadelphia to Columbia?
82 percent of the services we sell from Philadelphia to Columbia are direct. The rest connect at Durham, Richmond, Greensboro, West Raleigh, with about 52 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 Columbia use?
Services from Philadelphia to Columbia by flight leave from Philadelphia PHL and arrive at Columbia CAE. 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 Columbia?
0 of the 3 operators we sell from Philadelphia to Columbia 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 Columbia on September 15, 2026: 867 km of route against 842 km in a straight line, 22 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €69.17, and 4h 40m 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 Columbia is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Columbia and across United States
Day trips that leave Columbia 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. Columbia reaches 37 places in 1 countries, from 137 to 3,356 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Philadelphia
- 181Places you can leave for
- 25Countries
- 32Operators
Arriving in Columbia
Leaving Columbia
- 37Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 14Operators