PHL - CMH

$65 Find Cheap Flights from Philadelphia to Columbus

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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Philadelphia to Columbus, as well as popular online travel agencies
These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Philadelphia to Columbus, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Everything you should know

Cheapest round-trip
$127
Overall average: $485
Spirit Airlines
Wed 3/4Tue 3/10
PHL - CMH • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$373
Typical prices: $485-$565
American Airlines
Sat 3/7Tue 3/10
PHL - CMH • Non-stop
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Spirit Airlines
Cheapest • from $127 (round-trip)
Southwest
Best reviews • 8.0 score
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When to book
5 weeks
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Cheap Flights from Philadelphia to Columbus (PHL-CMH)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Philadelphia to Columbus that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Philadelphia to Columbus

Wed, Mar 4 - Tue, Mar 10
Spirit Airlines Logo
5:26 pm - 11:32 pm
PHL
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CMH
6h 06m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
11:39 am - 11:50 pm
CMH
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PHL
12h 11m
1 stop
$127Spirit Airlines
Tue, Feb 24 - Wed, Feb 25
Frontier Logo
11:03 am - 7:07 pm
PHL
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CMH
8h 04m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
1:25 pm - 10:08 pm
CMH
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PHL
8h 43m
1 stop
$128Frontier
Wed, Feb 25 - Thu, Feb 26
Spirit Airlines Logo
5:26 pm - 11:32 pm
PHL
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CMH
6h 06m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
11:39 am - 7:52 pm
CMH
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PHL
8h 13m
1 stop
$134Spirit Airlines
Thu, Feb 26 - Thu, Mar 5
Spirit Airlines Logo
5:26 pm - 11:32 pm
PHL
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CMH
6h 06m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
11:39 am - 11:50 pm
CMH
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PHL
12h 11m
1 stop
$135Spirit Airlines
Tue, Feb 24 - Wed, Feb 25
Frontier Logo
11:03 am - 7:07 pm
PHL
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CMH
8h 04m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
1:25 pm - 10:08 pm
CMH
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PHL
8h 43m
1 stop
$138Frontier
Thu, Feb 26 - Mon, Mar 2
Spirit Airlines Logo
5:26 pm - 11:32 pm
PHL
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CMH
6h 06m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
11:39 am - 11:50 pm
CMH
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PHL
12h 11m
1 stop
$142Spirit Airlines
Sun, Feb 22 - Tue, Feb 24
Frontier Logo
7:12 pm - 10:34 am
PHL
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CMH
15h 22m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
8:02 pm - 12:22 pm
CMH
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PHL
16h 20m
1 stop
$143Frontier
Thu, Feb 26 - Tue, Mar 3
Frontier Logo
12:28 pm - 10:32 am
PHL
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CMH
22h 04m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
7:37 pm - 12:22 pm
CMH
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PHL
16h 45m
1 stop
$146Frontier
Wed, Feb 18 - Fri, Feb 20
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:59 pm - 10:44 am
PHL
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CMH
14h 45m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
10:54 am - 6:11 pm
CMH
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PHL
7h 17m
1 stop
$152Multiple Airlines
Fri, Mar 6 - Tue, Mar 10
Spirit Airlines Logo
5:26 pm - 11:32 pm
PHL
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CMH
6h 06m
1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
11:39 am - 7:52 pm
CMH
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PHL
8h 13m
1 stop
$156Spirit Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Philadelphia to Columbus flights

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Philadelphia to Columbus?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Philadelphia to Columbus Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from Philadelphia to Columbus, look for departures on Saturdays and avoid leaving on a Sunday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Columbus, Thursday is the cheapest day to fly and Monday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Philadelphia to Columbus Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Philadelphia to Columbus Airport, 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 from Philadelphia to Columbus Airport is August, where tickets cost $393 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and February, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $490 and $485 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Philadelphia to Columbus Airport?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 1 stop layover the cheapest option at $449 on average.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Philadelphia to Columbus Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Philadelphia to Columbus Airport, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 10% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 13 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonDecember
Cheapest flight$65
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 2% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 5% increase in price.
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When to book flights from Philadelphia to Columbus

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Philadelphia to Columbus based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Philadelphia to Columbus flights

  • What are some of the transportation choices to get from the John Glenn Columbus International Airport downtown Columbus area?

    A convenient way to get from the airport into the downtown Columbus area is to take the AirConnect bus operated by COTA, which will make the trip to the downtown area at around 12min. If you would prefer to travel by taxi, you should expect a ride time of around 10min.

  • Are there any hotels that have a convenient location near the John Glenn Columbus International Airport?

    A great feature of this airport is that four different hotels sit between Sawyer Road and the International Gateway right outside of the main terminal building that are within an easy walk from the terminal or a short shuttle ride. They include the Fairfield Inn and Suites Marriott Columbus Airport, the Residence Inn Marriott Airport, the Hampton Inn Airport, and the Hilton Garden Inn Columbus Airport.

  • Where should I plan on finding a rental car company upon my arrival at John Glenn Columbus International Airport?

    There are about nine different rental car companies that operate at this airport. All the rental car companies operate at the rental car center, which is easy to access by following all the purple signs that will guide you to the arrivals level of the airport and to the purple buses that make the trip to the rental car center.

  • If I plan on utilizing a rideshare service to get me from the John Glenn Columbus International Airport, where is the best place to be my ride?

    All rideshare pick-ups occur on the Ground Transportation Level of the terminal, and it's easy to locate these pickup points because of abundant signage just outside of the terminal exits.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Philadelphia to Columbus Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Philadelphia to Columbus Airport was $65 for a one-way ticket and $127 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Philadelphia and Columbus?

    No

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Philadelphia to Columbus?

    American Airlines, Delta, and JetBlue offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Philadelphia to Columbus flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Philadelphia to Columbus?

    The Embraer 175 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Philadelphia to Columbus flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Philadelphia to Columbus?

    SkyTeam, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between Philadelphia and Columbus, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Philadelphia to Columbus?

    There are nonstop flights from Philadelphia to Columbus on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Philadelphia to Columbus, Southwest or American Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Philadelphia to Columbus are Southwest and American Airlines. With an average price for the route of $388 and an overall rating of 8.0, Southwest is the most popular choice. American Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $485 and an overall rating of 7.2.

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

    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 from Philadelphia to Columbus.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Columbus from 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 from Philadelphia to Columbus?

    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 Columbus with an airline and back to Philadelphia with another airline. Booking your flights between Philadelphia and CMH can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

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

    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 Columbus from Philadelphia up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Philadelphia to Columbus Airport

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $373 or less one-way and $419 or less round-trip.
  • One of the cheapest flights you will find on the route between Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) and John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) is on the one-stop flight offered by Spirit Airlines, which generally has a layover at Fort Lauderdale International Airport (FLL).
  • One of the best ways that travelers can make the trip from the Suburban Station in downtown Philadelphia to the Philadelphia International Airport is to travel on the Airport Line operated by SEPTA, which can make this trip in around 22 minutes.
  • If you plan on driving your own car to the Philadelphia International Airport before a flight, one of the most cost-effective choices for parking is in their Economy Lot, which has more than 1800 spaces and offers one of the lowest daily rates for parking available and includes complimentary shuttle service to the terminal buildings. This lot gets patrolled by the Philadelphia Police Department, and they also offer complementary services for users, including things like flat tire service, auto lockout service, and battery jumpstarts.
  • Passengers that are traveling through the Philadelphia International Airport with limited mobility or disability should know that this airport offers a number of facilities to assist you in your travels, including accessible parking options, accessible drop-off locations at the curbside next to terminal buildings, and a number of other features inside of the terminal buildings such as elevators, accessible drinking fountains, and accessible restrooms.
  • If you are looking for a way to pass the time before a flight from the Philadelphia International Airport, this airport has an art collection that is nationally recognized and has received a number of awards for its visual arts initiative. Passengers will find an extensive collection of artwork with locations throughout every area of the airport property.

Prefer to fly direct from Philadelphia to Columbus?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Philadelphia to Columbus.
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Direct departures

Philadelphia to Columbus

Monday

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Tuesday

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Wednesday

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Thursday

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Friday

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Saturday

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Sunday

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Monday

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Tuesday

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Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Philadelphia to Columbus

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Philadelphia to Columbus. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Philadelphia to Columbus? 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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SouthwestOverall score based on 4267 reviews
8.6Crew
7.0Food
8.1Boarding
7.5Entertainment
8.0Comfort
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WIFI was great. My selection for seating is an aisle, but during my trip, I never had an aisle seat. If we can get that corrected, I will be thrilled. No snack or drink on this flight.

10.0 ExcellentJoseph, Jan 2026
BWI - RIC
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WIFI was great. My selection for seating is an aisle, but during my trip, I never had an aisle seat. If we can get that corrected, I will be thrilled. No snack or drink on this flight.

WIFI was great. My selection for seating is an aisle, but during my trip, I never had an aisle seat. If we can get that corrected, I will be thrilled.

The wifi on the plane is great. The only issue that I have is that I prefer an aisle seat and on my trips this week, I was either in the middle or window. If we can work to secure aisle seating, I will be thrilled. Nice trip.

All good except once again bags took an hour at Midway Airport Happens all the time. Ridiculous

Everything went smoothly and we even arrived a little bit early.

Great vacation. Can't wait till next year for another one.

Great flight but super high price. Glad it was a business trip and not personal

On time. Friendly staff. Took to long to pre bord all the specialty groups. Cramped small plane

The seats were comfortable, and the boarding process was pretty smooth.

3 hour delay. Had to change plans and was still delayed.

one crew said "he" didn't serve double alcohol drinks for travelers in exit rows. crew on prior flight did. Is this a AA rule, and the prior crew was being nice? Also, I think we deserve more than a 25% refund for losing first class seats when rescheduling a flight due to weather

This flight captain and crew were amazing, started ahead of time of departure and reached 30 mins before arrival time. Amazing!

Long delays, lack of information about the status of the flight. The flight was delayed 4 times.

Everything about the flight was lovely. My only suggestion would be to offer a few more options of tv series from Apple TV or HBO.

The captain brought my 6 year old son into the cockpit and allowed him to ask questions, sit in the captain’s chair and talk about all the gears and levers. Made the trip very special for him.

we landed at cmh ten minutes early but had to sit on tarmac for twenty minutes because a plane was at our gate despite the fact that 3 other gates were open.

Delays to take off and to leave the plane after landing added a lot of time to this flight.

The Phildalphia to Allentown portion was a BUS, not a plane. All was as expected.

Excellent - explanations were clear staff was nice and flight was comfortable

Flight was delayed not sure why no explanation given and no apologies either. Otherwise the flight was fine

It was smooth sailing snags we had a really smooth landing and a great flight!

The entire experience was so surprisingly pleasant. And the blocked extra seat between us was such an amazing and nice bonus. Great experience all around and I can’t wait to fly with spirit again!

Everything was OK, the deicing took a long time, our connections were almost missed.

All very good except they didn’t load our walker so haven’t gotten it yet

Flight was cancelled. But kayak thought it was still on time.

For the cost you can't e too critical, but the inablitiy to recline the seat and minimal cushioning in the seats made for a less than comfortable flight. Other than that we had an ealry departure and arrival, boarding was smooth.

The flight was delayed by 2 hours and we had no food or water or chargers

Spirit was on time. They maintained updates and information. The crew was friendly and professional. Because this is a budget friendly airline, they have dispensed with a lot of frills and part of that comes with a price, for example, the seats are not quite as comfortable as others. I am ok with a pay for beverage and snack service as I prefer my own anyway so this was not a concern. I thought overall, having a great flight crew and on time service was definitely worth losing some of the frills from other carriers.

Nothing everything cost money a bottle of water is 5 dollars and there wasn't even an outlet to plug 🔌 in my 📱 phone

You can’t beat Spirit’s prices on tickets, especially with the positive experience that comes with it! I appreciated the timeliness of Spirit airlines. The crew in the airport was very kind and wished you a good flight by name. The crew on the flight was attentive and friendly. Overall, I am very pleased with my experience with Spirit.

Very well recently! Frontier is improving and less harrassing customer on luggages! Positive!

Good for a budget airline! It was easy to get on, staff was really nice. Can’t say anything about the food or entertainment because it wasn’t available, which is fine.

I am writing to express my disappointment with my recent Frontier Airlines flight. I was charged $99 at the gate because my bag was said to be too large, yet once onboard there was no available overhead bin space, and I was required to place the bag under the seat in front of me anyway. This made the charge feel unnecessary and unfair. Additionally, before the flight even took off, I was asked to move from the seat I paid for into a middle seat so another passenger and her cat could have my seat to themselves. I was not offered compensation or an explanation for being moved from a paid seat. Between the unexpected bag fee and being forced to give up my seat, this experience fell well below acceptable customer service standards. I would appreciate a review of this situation and appropriate compensation.

It was costly and difficult to check in. $85 to take a small suitcase with me, carry on or checked and $75 on the return trip, Plus $25 if I didn't check my self in check in $25, because I couldn't do it on the kiosk. Small very uncomfortable seats, waited on the runway for near an hour each way. It was my worst flight to date.

It was ok. It was expensive to check 2 bags ($75.00 per bag), and then it took a long time to wait for shuttle to take us from one terminal to the terminal where the plane was taking off at LAX. And all of this for a flight where we had to pay for any food or drink that was not water.

It didn’t happen. I booked it and then was told it wasn’t available and then forced to pay far higher prices for a worse option

A 630departure flight Delayed 6hours! They changed my gate, I moved to the new gate. Had our flight on the screen for 12noon departure. I go get above to eat, check screen again and the flight was gone, no notice no announcement, nothing!! They sent my bag on the flight I wasn’t on, got it back to me 3days later. Thank goodness they did refund my money but I will NEVER fly them again.

Due to weather, my flight was delayed, further delayed, then canceled. I eventually got through to a support person who helped me find a different route out of MSP, but to get to DIA, they didn't want to, but eventually did help with the connection ticket purchase. But even this replacement flight was delayed time and time again, and I would have missed my connecting flights and I didn't want to get stuck in a layover city, so after 12 hours at the airport with two young boys who were very tired, we just cancelled our plans and spent the week at home, instead of Nana's.

Plane and crew on board were fine. Everything else was terrible.

The third party booking with cheapflightsfares was awful. Kayak should NOT partner with them. They sold me a bundle including seat selection and carry-on, but did not book the carry-ons with Frontier, so I’m out of pocket for $414 more while I await resolution.

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