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$764 Find cheap flights from South Africa to Philadelphia

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Flights to Philadelphia - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends for flights to Philadelphia to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest day to fly to Philadelphia?

The average price of all flights to Philadelphia clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Philadelphia is Monday where tickets can be as cheap as $949. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Wednesday, where prices are $1,443 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Philadelphia?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Philadelphia, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights to Philadelphia is February, where tickets cost $885 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and December, where the average cost of tickets from South Africa is $1,300 and $1,172 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is May with an average price of $899.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Philadelphia?

The average price for all flights to Philadelphia depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to Philadelphia is generally at night, when flights cost $1,128 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Philadelphia is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,128.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Philadelphia?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights to Philadelphia, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price, you should book around 0 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 59 days before departure.

How long is the flight to Philadelphia?

The duration of your flight to Philadelphia depends on your departure and arrival airports. Obviously any flights that include a layover will also be longer. The most popular routes to Philadelphia on KAYAK are from Johannesburg, which takes 23h 20m, and Cape Town, which takes 23h 50m.

How many direct flights to Philadelphia are there each day?

There are around 393 direct flights from within South Africa to Philadelphia every day. Most flights depart in the morning, with 6:00 am the most common departure time and 50% of flights departing in the morning.

How many direct flights to Philadelphia are there each week?

Each week there are around 2,746 direct flights from within South Africa to Philadelphia. The most common day for departures is Sunday, with 15% of flights taking off on this day.

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Low season

November

High season

July

Cheapest flight

$764
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 14% drop in price.
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FAQs - booking Philadelphia flights

  • How far is Philadelphia from central Philadelphia?

    The distance between Philadelphia and downtown Philadelphia is 7 miles.

  • What is the name of Philadelphia’s airport?

    There is only 1 airport in Philadelphia, called Philadelphia (PHL). It can also be referred to as Philadelphia or Philadelphia Intl.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Philadelphia?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights to Philadelphia.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to Philadelphia?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Philadelphia is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Philadelphia?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Philadelphia with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight to Philadelphia?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Philadelphia up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • Which airline offers the most flights to Philadelphia?

    Of the 10 airlines that fly to Philadelphia, American Airlines offers the most flights, with around 1,761 per week, followed by Frontier with 363 flights per week.

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Prefer to fly non-stop to Philadelphia?

Find which airlines fly direct to Philadelphia, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Nonstop departures

South Africa to Philadelphia

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +48 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +49 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +48 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +49 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +48 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +49 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +48 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +49 more

Friday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +44 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +45 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +47 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +48 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +48 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +49 more

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Nonstop returns

Philadelphia to South Africa

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +48 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +49 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +48 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +49 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +48 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +49 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +48 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +49 more

Friday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +44 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +45 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +47 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +48 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +48 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +49 more

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Top 5 airlines serving from South Africa to Philadelphia

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Philadelphia. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from South Africa to Philadelphia. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Philadelphia? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
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DeltaOverall score based on 10838 reviews
8.0Entertainment
7.9Comfort
7.4Food
8.2Boarding
8.6Crew
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The flight was excellent, I recommend people to fly with Delta

10.0 ExcellentLionel, May 2024SJU - JFK
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The flight was excellent, I recommend people to fly with Delta

On time departure, smooth trip, flight attendant told through passengers the gate we would arrive at and the gate our outbound flight was departing from. Early arrival

The crew were very welcoming and helpful. I just wish economy had a bit more leg room. My knees were constantly hitting the chair in front of me.

Checking in at the airport the agent only booked the first keg of my trip and had my checked luggage going to the airport with a layover! Never was issued a boarding pass for the second leg or received sticker fir my checked bag. All was well in the end! Delta agents helped to resolve the situation!!!

Delayed due to an ill passenger after loading. Not preventable on Delta's part. Was in first class. The seats are becoming worn and detaching from their velcro attachments. Only got snacks on flight. The attendant was not the friendliest.

I would fly again the whole experience was great. The only feed back I can give that they don't do that American Airlines does is the crew there is more humorous with boarding and thank their passengers. It makes it more fun to fly with them. I would however fly Delta again.

From Atlanta to Cabo I would have hoped on a plane that size I would have been able to breathe and wiggle my feet a little! The leg room in that plane is non existent and I am only 5”4’. And the air vent either wasn’t working very well or just could not blow air from the ceiling to the seat area as I was suffocating through the entire flight! And please don’t say I would have been more comfortable in first class because I cannot afford those rates and have always travelled Main Cabin without issues !

The pilots were good. Disappointing when planes don't have electrical ports

I liked the piloting of the aircraft. Very disappointed about lack of electrical ports. Also, although a short flight. there was enough time to hand out snacks to comfort + seats as was done for first class.

I had a wonderful experience flying with delta. The gentleman taking care of us on our flight was so nice, accommodating, and attentive. He always was smiling and giving pins to the kids which made me smile. The flight was quick too and without turbulence. Thank you for the great flying experience.

Great. Loved that there was WiFi on flight to keep in touch and excellent service of beverages and snacks.

Flew business class. Everything was excellent. No issues at all. Not very many “good” movies to choose from. But lots of mediocre ones

Business class is great. New airplane, very comfortable, better than some of the major airlines I am used to

Terrible. Flight was cancelled due to the weather in the east and sout east(florida). Did not get any compesation of any kind. According to them, it was not under their control so I lost all the money paid for the 2 fairs from Raleigh, NC to Orlando, Fl.

great flight. Pilot was communicative, flight attendants were excellent. Really nice experience except my tv didn’t work.

The best experience that I have had traveling with JetBlue!

Overall, the flight was better than the flight I took to go to Florida, which had a bunch of problems. The crew is really nice and the plane was new so it had a small problem when we were on the runway, but the flight itself was great. They even made some time back up, which is always a good thing.

Crew was just ok. Flight was packed. On a 3/4 hour flight I would hope they would come around more than once to see if you needed anything further. Not very attentive.

There were multiple delays but JetBlue tried to make the boarding and departure process as quick and efficient as possible. The crew was as detached from reality as could be, meaning: not very friendly and just doing things by the numbers.

Nothing. Jet Blue is a great choice for me And I’m going to miss flying with them Since I travel to Lima Peru very often 😞😞😞

It was fine. Flight was on time and arrived at destination with 15 min to spare.

My bag was lost with my medicine and I am very inconvenienced. I don’t know what happened, however I want you to do a better job on getting people’s bag back

I paid $380 for my one-way ticket from California to Minnesota. The fair did not include online check-in. I received instructions from their app to check in at a kiosk. At the kiosk, the boarding pass would not print until an actual person came to verify that I had a personal item and not a carry-on item, On the plane, the person next to me was drunk and allowed to continue to order alcohol. United is garbage I’d rather fly spirit.

The food that was offered based on class level of your ticket was absolutely ridiculous and disgusting. They didn't even hot tea to serve, the food was horrible. On our departure flight I was seated in premium plus economy and considering the cost of the flight the food was literally some of the worst I've ever eaten. On the return flight I sat in economy with extra leg room and was given a thin little throw "blanket" and a flimsy little pillow. The air condition was on artic and the seating arrangement wasn't really worth the money. The seat didn't recline good enough and the foot rest was laughable. Total waste.

The plane was dirty and the in seat air wasn't blowing as planes usually do.

Generally good but there wasn’t any staff available when my luggage didn’t appear at baggage claim in Fresno. It took about half an hour to locate a staff member to open up the locked room where it was being kept.

Generally good but there wasn’t any staff available when my luggage didn’t appear at baggage claim in Fresno. It took about half an hour to locate a staff member to open up the room where it was being kept.

The flight was delayed due to weather issue…WiFi did not work and even though I wanted to pay for WiFi I couldn’t buy it. Overall very disappointing even though I paid and reserved Business class

Do not like the feeling of being in the basic economy. Everyone should feel good no matter what.

All flights were on time and boarding was issue free

Too bad that first class seats do not recline significantly causing discomfort

The experience was great and much better than the flight going out. of course I was in first class but the service was excellent

Food options were limited which is absolutely embarrassing for a Flight of this size The staff did not come around as much and I am not accustomed to such poor service from American Airlines Drinks I believe were limited to soda and water

Was as expected. Good leg room on planes - much appreciated.

Smaller, regional aircraft limits amount of overhead luggage space. At least there were jetways at both BNA and PHL. First class food service was minimal with the usual assortment of packaged snacks (nothing creative) and no handiwipes. American tries to turn around aircraft too quickly without enough time to clean the planes. WIFI service did not include TV programming.

6 plus hour delay with no explanation. No wheelchairs to transport us on arrival. Very disappointed.

Food choice is limited, entertainment better than average, seat leg room terrible

While I received notice that AA 478 was delayed, the flight departed PHX and arrived PHL more than two hours late. The first class cabin service was mediocre; there were no pre-departure beverages offered; there were no warm mixed nuts served with cocktails; there was no personal greeting to me as an Executive Platinum member by the first class flight attendant. While the flight operated safely, its arrival at 0219 in the morning in PHL ended a very long day. I do not feel that American provided first class service.

My baggage went to Dallas and not to Philadelphia. Do I need to add anything else?

Late arrival due to gate being blocked by stalled truck

my original flight was cancelled the previous day, and i was rescheduled onto this flight, which left much earlier in the morning, impacting my previous evening and requiring me to get up much earlier in the morning to get to the airport online. This practice happens way way way too much, and it seems on every airline, though AA is probably the worst.

Spending 10 hours on a flight with no video or wifi access due to issues per stewardess was not enjoyable nor acceptable. Will follow up directly with the airline as well

I really did not like being ordered to pull my shade down by the attendants. One of them was very rude to me about it, standing there until I closed it like I was a child brusquely reaching across me to close an adjoining one. They claim it was so people who wanted to could sleep. It’s a 10:30am flight not a red eye. Closing your shade or leaving it up for natural light should be a choice. Ruined my flight!

My baggage did not arrived with me. Took 3 days to get it after so may calls and follow up

The crew was very attentive and kept busy serving a variety of treats!

Terrible. Flight was 3 hours delayed and I missed my other flight to my final destination

Offered vegetable curry when it was actually tofu which I don’t care for.

The flight was good the crew excellent…but take off delayed three hours!!!

Both mine and my husband's chairs were broken. Also it took 2 hours to get our bags after our flight which was wild.

perhaps eye contact with the cabin crew, instead of abruptness and an impatience to serve.

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to Philadelphia found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
7/8lun.
1 stop
23h 25mJNB-PHL
7/31mié.
1 stop
28h 50mPHL-JNB
$1,036
7/8lun.
2 stopsBritish Airways
52h 13mJNB-PHL
7/31mié.
2 stopsBritish Airways
54h 15mPHL-JNB
$1,039
7/27sáb.
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
32h 39mJNB-PHL
8/6mar.
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
35h 30mPHL-JNB
$1,074
7/27sáb.
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
32h 39mJNB-PHL
8/6mar.
1 stopAmerican Airlines
28h 30mPHL-JNB
$1,075
6/28vie.
3 stopsEthiopian Air
29h 22mJNB-PHL
7/31mié.
2 stopsEthiopian Air
25h 05mPHL-JNB
$2,150
7/8lun.
3 stopsEthiopian Air
44h 52mJNB-PHL
7/31mié.
3 stopsEthiopian Air
31h 18mPHL-JNB
$2,298
8/13mar.
1 stopQatar Airways
31h 50mCPT-PHL
8/29jue.
1 stopQatar Airways
32h 05mPHL-CPT
$4,661
8/16vie.
1 stopQatar Airways
31h 50mCPT-PHL
8/28mié.
1 stopQatar Airways
32h 05mPHL-CPT
$4,666
8/18dom.
2 stopsLufthansa
30h 40mCPT-PHL
8/27mar.
1 stopLufthansa
34h 25mPHL-CPT
$4,667
8/17sáb.
2 stopsLufthansa
30h 40mCPT-PHL
8/26lun.
2 stopsLufthansa
41h 05mPHL-CPT
$5,078

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to Philadelphia found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
8/7mié.
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
25h 10mJNB-PHL
$764
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25h 10mJNB-PHL
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1 stopAmerican Airlines
24h 55mJNB-PHL
$778
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$780
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3 stopsEthiopian Air
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$1,917
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39h 52mJNB-PHL
$1,925
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Flights to Philadelphia

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Philadelphia (PHL)United States

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Philadelphia - South Africa

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