Philadelphia International
Black car service in Philadelphia
A run to Manhattan or Washington is booked here about as often as a run to the airport.
| Route | Off-peak | Peak | Sedan | SUV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHL → Center City | 18–25 min | 35–50 min | $109.28 | $124.28 |
| PHL → University City | 15–22 min | 30–45 min | Quoted | Quoted |
| PHL → Navy Yard | 12–18 min | 25–35 min | Quoted | Quoted |
| By the hour | 2-hour minimum | from $99/hr | Quoted | |
Weekday afternoon examples from our quote engine, Oct 2026, including the 20% chauffeur gratuity, tolls, parking, airport fees, surcharges and taxes. Your quote is confirmed in writing and held for 72 hours.
The airport access fee is shown on its own line and already in the total.
Sedan: up to 3 passengers and 3 bags. SUV: up to 6 passengers and 6 bags.
Booking in Philadelphia
A run to Manhattan or Washington is booked here about as often as a run to the airport, and it is priced as a planned job rather than a surprise. Chauffeured sedans and SUVs across Philadelphia — an airport close to the centre, a pharmaceutical and research corridor running out into the suburbs, and a position on the north-east corridor that makes long runs to New York and Washington a routine part of the work. Booked and managed by Executive Black Car, driven by vetted local operators who work these roads every day.
- Gratuity and airport fees included
- Rate agreed in writing, no surge pricing
- Free cancellation up to 2 hours before pickup
- Free waiting: 60 minutes at airports, 15 minutes elsewhere
Booking for someone else
- With a corporate account, confirmation and chauffeur details go to you and, if you want, the traveller
- Cost centre or PO on the invoice, with a corporate account
- One monthly invoice across all 27 cities — open a corporate account
Travelling yourself
- Meet-and-greet at arrivals; your flight is tracked, so early and late landings are handled
- One number, answered 24/7: 1-866-EXEC230
Every operator must hold
- Licensed and permitted for the city and its airports
- $1M combined single limit, certificate on file naming Karfis Enterprises LLC
- Background and driving-record checks, attested
- Two vehicle classes, the same in every city
Choose your trip
PHL airport transfers
Terminals, customs, flight tracking and the corridor airports
Corporate & roadshows
Corridor days, pharma country and the New York run
Private aviation
Wings Field, Northeast Philadelphia, Trenton and New Castle
Hotel transfers
Rittenhouse, the Avenue of the Arts, Old City and University City
Events & venues
The sports complex, the Convention Center and the theatres
Universities & campuses
Penn, Wharton, Drexel, Temple and the Main Line
Philadelphia airports
Philadelphia International (PHL)
Seven terminals arranged along a single concourse road, with international arrivals at Terminal A. The terminals are connected but the walk is substantial, so the pickup point has to match the actual arrival rather than the booking. PHL is notably weather-exposed on the east coast schedule, and a delay here frequently originates somewhere else entirely, which is why we track the aircraft rather than the departure board.
Terminals A to F · International arrivals · Customs hold
Private aviation
The region’s private traffic runs through the FBOs at the international airport and the general-aviation fields to the north-east and west of the city, the latter well placed for the pharmaceutical corridor out towards King of Prussia. For private arrivals we work from the tail number and coordinate with the FBO directly. Tell us the field and the FBO when you book and we will confirm coverage before you travel.
FBO ramp pickups · Crew coordination
Where we work in Philadelphia
Center City
We work from the side streets, not Market or Broad. The corporate, legal and hospitality core, compact and walkable and ringed by streets that were laid out long before the vehicles using them. We work from the side streets, which in Philadelphia is usually faster as well as easier.
University City & 30th Street
Station pickups need a designated point. A great deal of Philadelphia business travel arrives by train rather than by air, and station pickups need a designated point rather than a platform.
The Navy Yard
Among the shortest airport transfers in the region. A former shipyard now carrying corporate headquarters and research operations, immediately south of the city and closer to the airport than anywhere else of consequence. For anyone with business here, the airport transfer is among the shortest in the region.
The Main Line, Conshohocken & King of Prussia
The expressway is the least forgiving road at peak. These are genuine suburban runs rather than city journeys, and the expressway between them and the city is the least forgiving road in the region at peak.
The north-east corridor
For a small group with luggage, a car often beats the train. New York and Washington are both routine long-distance runs from Philadelphia, and for a small group with luggage a car is frequently more practical than the train once the station transfers at either end are counted.
Typical journey times to Philadelphia International
Philadelphia’s airport sits close enough to Center City that transfers are short by east coast standards. Runs up the north-east corridor are quoted as long-distance work.
| From | Approx. distance | Off-peak | Allow in peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center City | 8 miles | 18–25 min | 35–50 min |
| University City | 7 miles | 15–22 min | 30–45 min |
| Navy Yard | 6 miles | 12–18 min | 25–35 min |
| Conshohocken | 20 miles | 28–38 min | 50–70 min |
| King of Prussia | 23 miles | 30–40 min | 55–75 min |
| Center City to Manhattan | 95 miles | 105–130 min | 150–210 min |
Hotels, venues and campuses we run to
Hotel transfers in Philadelphia
Market and Broad carry the through traffic and are poor pickup points at peak; the side streets a block off either move considerably better. We work from those.
Events & venues in Philadelphia
The South Philadelphia complex empties onto the same few roads at once and the subway takes a large share, which helps. We collect from an agreed point north of the complex rather than the gates.
For a small group with luggage, a car to New York or Washington is frequently more practical than the train once both station transfers are counted. These are quoted per trip.
- Pennsylvania Convention Center
- Wells Fargo Center
- Lincoln Financial Field
- Citizens Bank Park
- Kimmel Center
- Academy of Music
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- The Met Philadelphia
Culture, dining and the region
- Independence Hall
- Longwood Gardens
- Valley Forge
- New York City
- Washington DC
- Princeton
- Wilmington
- The Jersey Shore
Universities & campuses in Philadelphia
CHOP and HUP sit adjacent in University City with heavy constant traffic and separate entrances for different services. Medical days are better booked hourly.
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