How long is the ride from Philadelphia to Atlantic City?

The driving time from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Atlantic City, New Jersey is:

1 hour, 6 minutes

Average driving speed: 55.8 mph
Kilometers per hour: 89.8 km/h
This is based on typical traffic conditions for this route.

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Map of driving directions from Philadelphia, PA to Atlantic City, NJ

View a map with driving directions using your preferred map provider: Google Maps, Bing Maps, or MapQuest. You can use DriveDistance.com to find out how far is it to drive from Philadelphia to Atlantic City with full directions.

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How long is the drive from Philadelphia, PA to Atlantic City, NJ? The total driving time is 1 hour, 6 minutes.

Your trip begins in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It ends in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

If you're planning a road trip, you might be interested in seeing the total driving distance from Philadelphia, PA to Atlantic City, NJ.

You can also calculate the cost to drive from Philadelphia, PA to Atlantic City, NJ based on current local gas prices and an estimate of your car's best gas mileage.

If you're meeting a friend, you might be interested in finding the city that is halfway between Philadelphia, PA and Atlantic City, NJ.

Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the flight time from Philadelphia, PA to Atlantic City, NJ.

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Driving time calculator

Travelmath helps you find the driving time based on actual directions for your road trip. You can find out how long it will take to drive between any two cities, airports, states, countries, or zip codes. This can also help you plan the best route to travel to your destination. Compare the results with the flight time calculator to see how much longer it might take to drive the distance instead of flying. You can also print out pages with a travel map.

Direct routes for travel from Philadelphia to Atlantic City

The bus offers routes from Philadelphia to the most remote corners of Atlantic City as well as different services. Direct buses depart from Philadelphia, Pa and arrive at Atlantic City, Nj. Services operate 12 buses daily and 84 buses per week. The journey takes approximately 2 hours and costs from 13 USD.

Philadelphia to Atlantic City by bus

Got time for exploring attractions? Just 62 miles separate you from Atlantic City. Catch a bus and hit the road! The journey takes 1 hour drive. A bus ride will cost you 15 USD on average. Also, a bus ticket costs minimum 6 USD. There are no transfers on the route. NJ Transit coordinates buses to Atlantic City from Philadelphia.

Trains from Philadelphia to Atlantic City

For a memorable trip to Atlantic City, pick a train that leaves from 12-13th and Locust and arrives at Atlantic City. The railroad connecting two cities is about 60 miles. The trip takes 2 hours. Philadelphia to Atlantic City train tickets typically cost around 17 USD, depending on how far in advance the tickets are booked. Also, one of the advantages of traveling by train is the reasonable ticket price which can drop to 12 USD if you book in advance. A train to Atlantic City from Philadelphia makes 18 stops on the road.

Driving directions from Philadelphia to Atlantic City

The driving distance between Philadelphia and Atlantic City is 62 miles. Traveling to Atlantic City will take you around 1 hour. Average fuel price on this route is 8 USD.

Places to stay in Atlantic City

Information about hotels, motels, apartments and other accommodations in Atlantic City on Booked.net .

Driving non-stop from Philadelphia to Atlantic City

How far is Atlantic City from Philadelphia? Here's the quick answer if you drive this relatively short distance without making any stops.

Nonstop drive: 62 miles or 100 km

Driving time: 1 hour, 6 minutes

Even though you can drive this distance straight through, it might be more interesting to stop along the way. You can scroll down to calculate how many hours it would take if you drive with stops.

Flying non-stop from Philadelphia to Atlantic City

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Atlantic City, New Jersey. Because of the curvature of the Earth, the shortest distance is actually the "great circle" distance, or "as the crow flies" which is calculated using an iterative Vincenty formula.

Flight distance: 57 miles or 91 km

Flight time: 37 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 5 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.1x of the flight distance.

Your plane flies much faster than a car, so the flight time is about 1/2th of the time it would take to drive.

This is a relatively short flight in a private plane, but you might be planning to book a commercial flight. In that case, your travel time would really need to include how many minutes to get to your local airport, wait for security, board and taxi on the runway, land at the other airport, and get to your destination. Scroll down to see a more realistic calculation that takes into account all these factors to get a more accurate estimate of your actual flight time.

Philadelphia to Atlantic City road trip

Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Atlantic City, and you want to stop on the way to explore. If it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting places along the way, or maybe eat at a great restaurant. That's what Trippy is perfect for, helping you figure out travel plans in detail.

Road trip: 1 day of driving

With the full itinerary planned out, we can estimate your total travel time for this trip.

Travel time: 2 hours on the road

Itinerary

Start in Philadelphia.

To see all the details on this itinerary, including recommended restaurants, hotels, and things to do along the way, check out the full road trip planner:

Philadelphia to Atlantic City airports and flights

In the quick calculation above, we assumed you had a private plane and just wanted to know the time in the air from city to city. But for most of us, we're going to be flying on a commercial airline (whether it's first class or coach). So that means we really need to account for all the extra travel time getting to the airport, waiting for our flight, and making it to the destination.

To give you a better estimate of real-life travel, we've put together a flight itinerary with actual airports. Eventually you'll be able to customize this plan, choosing your own airports and flights. But for now, here's an example we've selected to give you an idea of how traveling might work between airports.

Departure airport: Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)

Arrival airport: Atlantic City International Airport (ACY)

With the airports selected, we can estimate the travel time to and from the airport, based on how far the airport is from downtown.

Getting to the airport: 22 minutes

Getting to your destination: 31 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an actual flight from ACY connecting through ORD and arriving at ACY flying on Spirit Airlines. We can figure out how long it would take to fly including take-off and landing, time to taxi on the runways, and an average layover time of about 2 hours.

Initial flight time: 1 hour, 56 minutes

Connecting airport: Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)

Connection flight time: 2 hours, 56 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Philadelphia to Atlantic City including time spent getting to and from the airports, roughly 2 hours at the departure airport for TSA security lines and waiting at the gate, plus the connecting flight with a 2-hour layover.

Total travel time: 10 hours

To see the details on this flight plan, including recommended airports, airline, and route, check out the flight planner:

Plan a trip to Atlantic City

Trippy has a ton of information that can help you plan your trip to Atlantic City, New Jersey. Start by reading the Trippy page on where to stay in Atlantic City. Check out some of the questions people have asked about Atlantic City like Spa Deals. Click the button below to explore Atlantic City in detail.

How far is it the other way?

The distance is the same either way if you're flying a straight line (or driving the same roads back and forth). But for a real trip, there can be plenty of differences so go ahead and check the reverse directions to get the distance from Atlantic City to Philadelphia, or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

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