Columbus to Philadelphia nonstop
Yes: American and Republic fly direct from Columbus (CMH) to Philadelphia (PHL) about 5 times a day, year-round.
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Columbus to Philadelphia in numbers
Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.
- Distance and flight time
- 407 miles nonstop, about 1 hr 20 min gate to gate. Flight time is an estimate from the great-circle distance; the filings carry distance, not scheduled elapsed time.
- Seasonality
- Flew every month of the last year: busiest in July 2026 (38 flights a week), quietest in March 2026 (12 flights a week).
- Sep 2025: 29 flights a week
- Oct 2025: 37 flights a week
- Nov 2025: 20 flights a week
- Dec 2025: 19 flights a week
- Jan 2026: 18 flights a week
- Feb 2026: 14 flights a week
- Mar 2026: 12 flights a week
- Apr 2026: 24 flights a week
- May 2026: 31 flights a week
- Jun 2026: 38 flights a week
- Jul 2026: 38 flights a week
- Aug 2026: 37 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings. - Who operates the flights
- American 46%, Republic 32% (regional operator), PSA 22% (regional operator) of departures, counted across the August 2026 and February 2026 US DOT on-time filings.
- Fares
- Half of the 1,314 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $225 and $400 one way, median $350. The survey runs a couple of quarters behind, so read it as the shape of the route's pricing rather than today's quote.
- Jul to Sep (Q3 2024): median $200 one way, middle half $100 to $350, 1,817 tickets
- Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $300 one way, middle half $200 to $400, 1,332 tickets
- Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $350 one way, middle half $225 to $425, 933 tickets
- Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $350 one way, middle half $225 to $400, 1,314 tickets
Jul to Sep trips were the cheapest (median $200 one way) and Jan to Mar and Apr to Jun trips cost the most (median $350), in the DOT ticket survey for Q3 2024 to Q2 2025. Bars show the middle half of one-way fares; the mark is the median.
Flying the other way? Philadelphia to Columbus nonstop.
Other airports near Columbus with nonstops to Philadelphia
Within about 100 miles of John Glenn Columbus International Airport
Also nonstop from Columbus (CMH)
Busiest other routes out of the same airport
- Chicago (ORD) about 15 times a day
- Atlanta (ATL) about 9 times a day
- New York (LGA) about 6 times a day
- Detroit (DTW) about 6 times a day
- Boston (BOS) about 5 times a day
- Newark (EWR) about 5 times a day
- Washington (DCA) about 5 times a day
- Charlotte (CLT) about 5 times a day
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