There are 10 ways to get from Philadelphia to Tacoma by plane, bus (Greyhound), train (Amtrak), car, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
best- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane PHL - SEA
8h 24m$236–956Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airporttrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane EWR - SEA
9h 18m$217–513Bus
- Take the bus from Philadelphia Bus Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Denver Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Seattle Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Bus Wy & Royal Brougham St to Pacific Ave & S 14th Stbus
2d 21h$458–898Train
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Rockville Amtrak to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Seattletrain
- Take the train from King Street Station to Tacoma Dome Stationtrain
2d 22h$915–2,542Drive 2,786 mi
- Drive from Philadelphia to Tacomacar 2,786 mi
45h 3m$509–735Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane BWI - SEA
9h 19m$227–1,101Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane JFK - SEA
10h 17m$248–1,218Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Portland International Airport, train
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Portland International Airport (PDX)plane PHL - PDX
- Take the train from Portland to Tacomatrain
11h 38m$256–496Train, bus
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Seattletrain
- Take the bus from 2nd Ave & Yesler Way to Commerce St Station - Zone Gbus
3d 3h$971–2,071Bus, train
- Take the bus from Philadelphia Bus Station to New York Midtownbus
- Take the train from New York Penn Station to Toronto Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Toronto Union Station to Vancouvertrain
- Take the bus from Vancouver to Seattle Tacoma Intl Airportbus
5d$887–1,907
Philadelphia to Tacoma by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Philadelphia to Tacoma is to fly and train which costs $250 - $500 and takes 11h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Philadelphia to Tacoma is to fly which takes 8h 24m and costs $230 - $1,000.
No, there is no direct bus from Philadelphia station to Tacoma. However, there are services departing from Philadelphia Bus Station and arriving at Pacific Ave & S 14th St via St Louis Bus Station, Denver Union Station and Bus Wy & Royal Brougham St. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 21h.
No, there is no direct train from Philadelphia station to Tacoma station. However, there are services departing from 30th Street Station and arriving at Tacoma Dome Station via Union Station, Red Line Center Platform, Rockville Amtrak, Chicago Union Station and King Street Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 22h.
The distance between Philadelphia and Tacoma is 2417 miles. The road distance is 2802.3 miles.
The best way to get from Philadelphia to Tacoma without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 21h and costs $450 - $900.
It takes approximately 8h 24m to get from Philadelphia to Tacoma, including transfers.
Philadelphia to Tacoma bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Philadelphia Bus Station.
Philadelphia to Tacoma train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from 30th Street Station.
The best way to get from Philadelphia to Tacoma is to fly which takes 8h 24m and costs $230 - $1,000. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $450 - $900 and takes 2 days 21h, you could also train, which costs $900 - $2,600 and takes 2 days 22h.
What companies run services between Philadelphia, PA, USA and Tacoma, WA, USA?
American Airlines, Delta, and three other airlines fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Philadelphia Bus Station to Pacific Ave & S 14th St via St Louis Bus Station, Denver Union Station, Seattle Bus Station, and Bus Wy & Royal Brougham St in around 2d 21h.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 34m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Portland International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Portland International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Portland International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–490
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–490
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–460
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–460
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–600
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Portland International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Portland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–460
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 54m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 9m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Portland International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Portland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Rockville Amtrak to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $220–480
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $650–1,400
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from King Street Station to Tacoma Dome Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–26
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $27–60
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Portland to Tacoma
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $310–700
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $650–1,400
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
Train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $24–460
- First Class
- $140–650
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
- Phone
- +1 888-889-6368
- [email protected]
- Website
- Sound Transit
Train from King Street Station to Tacoma Dome Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- Sound Transit
- Adult
- $3
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- VIA Rail
Train from New York Penn Station to Toronto Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–330
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $140–320
- Business
- $190–320
- Business Plus
- $200–330
- Economy
- $160–330
- Economy Plus
- $180–330
Train from Toronto Union Station to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 1h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $700–1,500
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $700–1,500
- Business
- $800–1,300
- Business Plus
- $800–1,300
- Economy
- $800–1,500
- Economy Plus
- $900–1,500
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Philadelphia Bus Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $130–260
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $120–250
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Denver Union Station to Seattle Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $200–390
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 888-889-6368
- [email protected]
- Website
- Sound Transit
Bus from Bus Wy & Royal Brougham St to Pacific Ave & S 14th St
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- Sound Transit
- Adult
- $3
Bus from 2nd Ave & Yesler Way to Commerce St Station - Zone G
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- Sound Transit
- Adult
- $3
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Philadelphia Bus Station to New York Midtown
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Vancouver to Seattle Tacoma Intl Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
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More Questions & Answers
Philadelphia to Tacoma bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at St Louis Bus Station.
Tacoma is 3h behind Philadelphia. It is currently 5:54 PM in Philadelphia and 2:54 PM in Tacoma.
Philadelphia to Tacoma train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Washington Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Philadelphia to Tacoma is 2802 miles. It takes approximately 45h 3m to drive from Philadelphia to Tacoma.
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