Direct Flights from Philadelphia to Harrisburg
Harrisburg · Pennsylvania
Nonstop service from PHL to MDT on American. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
17 cities have a nonstop to Harrisburg, Philadelphia among them.
How long to go to Harrisburg for, from Philadelphia
40m in the air, 83 miles: short enough that a single night in Harrisburg is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
With roughly 4 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.
About Harrisburg
Harrisburg is the capital and 4th-largest metropolitan area of Pennsylvania, with a metro population of 592,000 people in 2020. Harrisburg is known as the host city of the Pennsylvania Farm Show, the largest free indoor agriculture exposition in the United States, the largest annual outdoor sports show in North America, an auto show, which features a large static display of new and classic cars, and Motorama, a two-day event consisting of a car show, motocross racing, and remote control car racing.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Harrisburg
- Hersheypark is a family theme park in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, about fifteen miles (25 km) east of Harrisburg, and 95 miles (155 km) west of Philadelphia. The park was founded in 1906, by Milton S.
- Gettysburg National Cemetery, originally called Soldiers' National Cemetery, is a United States national cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, created for Union army casualties sustained in the Battle of Gettysburg durin…
- The Cathedral of Saint Patrick is a cathedral of the Catholic Church in downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the mother church of the Diocese of Harrisburg and is the seat of its bishop.
- Gettysburg National Military Park protects and interprets the landscape of the Battle of Gettysburg, fought over three days between July 1 and July 3, 1863, during the American Civil War.
- City Island is a mile-long island in the Susquehanna River between Harrisburg and Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is used mainly for leisure and sports activities.
- The State Museum of Pennsylvania is a non-profit history museum at 300 North Street in downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States.
- The Ephrata Cloister or Ephrata Community was a religious community, established in 1732 by Johann Conrad Beissel at Ephrata, in what is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
- The Gettysburg Battlefield is the area of the July 1–3, 1863, military engagements of the Battle of Gettysburg in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
- ZooAmerica is a zoo located in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1910 by Milton S. Hershey with a few animals, including bears, birds, and deer.
- The National Watch and Clock Museum (NWCM), located in Columbia, Pennsylvania, is one of a very few museums in the United States dedicated solely to horology, which is the history, science and art of timekeeping and time…
- Demuth Museum of Art in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, is a museum dedicated to noted American Modernist painter Charles Demuth (1883–1935) located in his former studio and home at 120 East King Street.
- The Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a 43-foot (13 m) tall Gothic Revival memorial which stands in Penn Square in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Harrisburg weather, compared with Philadelphia
Within 2° of Philadelphia on the annual average, so pack much as you would at home — but the two cities do not track each other month to month:
- January
- Harrisburg 38°F · Philadelphia 41°F · 3° colder
- April
- Harrisburg 64°F · Philadelphia 65°F · much the same
- July
- Harrisburg 87°F · Philadelphia 88°F · much the same
- October
- Harrisburg 66°F · Philadelphia 67°F · 2° colder
January bottoms out near 38°F — a real coat, not a layer.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Harrisburg
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Harrisburg is April–June and September–October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 64–82°F.
- How long to stay
- Harrisburg rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Hersheypark, Gettysburg National Cemetery, and Cathedral of Saint Patrick (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Philadelphia to Harrisburg?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Philadelphia (PHL) to Harrisburg (MDT) on American.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Philadelphia to Harrisburg?
- American flies nonstop between Philadelphia (PHL) and Harrisburg (MDT).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Philadelphia to Harrisburg?
- There are about 4 nonstop departures per day (roughly 28 per week) from Philadelphia to Harrisburg.
- How far is Harrisburg from Philadelphia?
- Harrisburg is about 83 miles from Philadelphia by air.
- What is there to do in Harrisburg?
- Popular things to do include Hersheypark, Gettysburg National Cemetery, Cathedral of Saint Patrick (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania), Gettysburg National Military Park, and more.
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