There are 5 ways to get from Philadelphia to Wellington by plane, 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 Wellington
best- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Wellington (WLG)plane PHL - WLG
25h 7m$1,413–4,919Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Wellington
cheapest- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Wellington (WLG)plane JFK - WLG
24h 19m$970–4,294Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Wellington
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airporttrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Wellington (WLG)plane EWR - WLG
25h 34m$1,184–4,029Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Palmerston, bus
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Palmerston (PMR)plane PHL - PMR
- Take the bus from Palmerston North to Wellington - Centralbus
28h 28m$1,422–4,871Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Palmerston, bus
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Palmerston (PMR)plane JFK - PMR
- Take the bus from Palmerston North to Wellington - Centralbus
27h 59m$979–4,246
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Wellington (WLG) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Philadelphia to Wellington is to train and fly which costs $950 - $4,300 and takes 24h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Philadelphia to Wellington is to train and fly which takes 24h 19m and costs $950 - $4,300.
The distance between Philadelphia and Wellington is 14289 km.
It takes approximately 25h 7m to get from Philadelphia to Wellington, including transfers.
Wellington is 17h ahead of Philadelphia. It is currently 7:53 PM in Philadelphia and 12:53 PM in Wellington.
There are 482+ hotels available in Wellington.
What companies run services between Philadelphia, PA, USA and Wellington, New Zealand?
United Airlines, Air New Zealand, and three other airlines fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Wellington (WLG) every 4 hours.
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Wellington via Houston, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,900
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Wellington via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Wellington via San Francisco, Christchurch
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 53m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–5,500
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Wellington via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 13m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Wellington via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Wellington via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Wellington via Auckland, Rotorua
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Wellington via Auckland, Blenheim
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Wellington via Auckland, New Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Wellington via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Wellington via Houston, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Wellington via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Wellington via San Francisco, Christchurch
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,100
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Wellington via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Palmerston via Houston, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Palmerston via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Palmerston via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Palmerston via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 44m
- When
- Wednesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Palmerston via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Palmerston via Auckland, Christchurch
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,200
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Wellington via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,900
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Wellington via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Wellington via Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–12,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Wellington via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Wellington via Auckland, New Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,100
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Wellington via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 46m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Wellington via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 44m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Wellington via Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 51m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–9,500
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Palmerston via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Palmerston via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Palmerston via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Wellington via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Wellington via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Wellington via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Wellington via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
- Website
- fijiairways.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Wellington via Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–12,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Wellington via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Wellington via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- 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
- $85–140
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- 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
- $85–140
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–1,100
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $35–800
- First Class
- $230–1,100
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–1,100
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $35–800
- First Class
- $230–1,100
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5780
- [email protected]
- Website
- InterCity
Bus from Palmerston North to Wellington - Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–60
- Website
- InterCity
Bus from Palmerston North to Wellington - Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–60
- Website
- InterCity
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