Nearest the Pennsylvania line
ZIP 19703, the shortest drive: reserve an airport transfer from Claymont, DE to PHL
Claymont sits at the northeast corner of New Castle County, against the Pennsylvania line, and of all the ZIPs the office covers it is the closest by road to Philadelphia International Airport. An airport transfer from Claymont, DE to PHL starts with one request. The office finds a local car company with a sedan or SUV free at your hour and sends you that company's fare in writing. You pay the car company itself, and the company pays the office a set fee for each booking passed on.
19703
Mail reads Claymont, DE
Sedan from $125 SUV from $170
per car, each way, for this ZIP
A from-figure is the starting price per car, each way. Can be added in the written fare: gratuity, unless the fare includes it; extra stops; waiting past the time the fare names; an airport charge or a toll, if one applies.
- To the terminals 13.8 mi, about 22 min at a quiet hour
- Back from Zone 6 14.7 mi, about 24 min
- Roads I-95
Next door, 19810 is 15.9 miles from the terminals, 2.1 miles more than Claymont, and its from-figures run $5 higher in each size: $130 by sedan, $175 by SUV.
Naamans, Darley Green and the rest of Claymont
Every envelope addressed to 19703 says Claymont, but ask a neighbor where home is and the answer may be Darley Green, Radnor Green, Ashbourne Hills, Worthland or Claymont Heights. Naamans belongs to this ZIP as well. All of these places share one ZIP, one pair of from-figures and the same short run to the airport, so the name your street goes by makes no difference to what a ride costs to start.
The label and the local names agree well here, with one catch. The name Naamans also turns up in 19810, in Naamans Gardens, which is a separate ZIP with its own figures. Go by the five digits printed on your mail rather than by the neighborhood name, because the fare follows the ZIP. An airport ride from Arden, DE to PHL starts from a slightly higher figure than one from Claymont.
Fourteen miles, nearly all on I-95
From 19703 the way out runs almost entirely on I-95: 13.8 miles to the terminals, about 22 minutes at a quiet hour. The car heads north across the Pennsylvania line, leaves at exit 10 for PA-291 East and comes onto Departures Road. The terminals stand along that road in a fixed order, A-West, A-East, B, C, D, E and F. Your flight booking names yours. Put it on the request, and the car pulls up at that curb only long enough to unload.
Those 22 minutes are the quickest case. Rush hours on I-95 between Wilmington and the airport stretch the drive, and the Claymont stretch of the highway is part of that run. To choose a pickup time, start from the hour your flight booking asks you to be at the airport, count back the drive, and add room for traffic if you leave during a rush.
Your bags, the far doors, a lane of cars
Coming back is the shortest return on the list: 14.7 miles and roughly 24 minutes at a quiet hour from the commercial roadway to Claymont. With your bags in hand, leave baggage claim on the side away from Arrivals Road and look for Zone 6. The terminal-by-terminal walk, A-West included, is set out on the page for airport pickup at PHL for New Castle County. A flight number on the request lets the company follow your landing.
$125 for a sedan, $170 for an SUV
From 19703 a sedan starts at $125 and an SUV at $170, per car and each way, the lowest pair on this site's scale. Three people with bags fit the sedan; four or more need the SUV. Before you say yes, the car company sends its fixed rate in writing, and the items that can be added are listed beside the figure at the top of this page. Every ZIP's pair is on airport transfer rates to PHL by ZIP code.