How long will it take me to walk from the food court at Term B/C to Gate A24?

Thank you in advance

Not sure about exact amount of time, but it sure is a hike.
The A terminal is seperated by a long hallway from B/C, I'm guessing 15-20 minutes, if not longer.

If you are looking for food options in A, there is a Chickie n' Pete's that is nice.

Ten minutes of walking at average pace...

A-24 is at the end of the A-West gates - so from the food court should take about than 10 minutes. There a a couple of moving sidewalks that will assist on the trip.

I would say 15 minutes to be safe. I have made the walk from A24 to the security checkpoint at Terminal C to get to the parking garage. While this is a bit further not by much, and I believe that I walk quickly. Also, do not depend on the moving walkways being in operation. It always seems that the last flight from CTL parks at this gate and I am always in the C garage.

You mean there is more than 1 flight/day from Charlieville, AU to PHL?

I have a 5 hr layover in a few weeks. ORD-PHL-BGR. I have a free day lounge pass, would you guys recommend the A or B/C lounge?

Thanks.

My vote is on the A lounge....MUCH nicer compared to the B/C lounge. Not that many people use it, stays quite, nicer furniture, cool views. You have 5 hours to kill, so you would have plenty of time if your flight wasn't leaving from the A terminal. There isn't much else outside of the club in A though.

Five hours in PHL ? Sounds like a "duty day" to me. Better go to A, which is outside the city limits ...

Hi,

I'd be coming in on AC344 frm YYZ arrives at 1927 into term D from what i can see, trying to make US734 to MAN out of A26?? Departs at 2040. All on one PNR.

I'd have my 6 month old in tow, i'm guessing it's a trek?? Would i make it? Would i get checked through, or have to collect bags? What about security? It all sounds very stressful.

Thanks,
Dan.

Getting from D to A-West is maybe a 10 to 15-minute walk without kids in tow, so perhaps a bit longer for you. There are moving walkways the entire way, although in my experience people at PHL seem to imagine they are at an amusement park and either walk slowly or stand on the moving walkways. The moving walkways between B and C are located behind the row of shops on your left as you are walking from D to A-West.

The good news is that the walk is all airside -- i.e., you will not have to reclear security -- and you will clear US immigrations and customs at YYZ, so your arrival will be like any domestic arrival and you will not have to go through security at PHL. You should be able to check your bag through to MAN and you will not have to collect them at PHL. I rarely try to interline bags, but my understanding is that you can easily do this if you are on one ticket and, if you are on two tickets, you will have to show the ticket receipt for PHL-MAN to the check-in agent at YYZ.

However, the connection is rather short. It is doable if everything goes right and your flight from YYZ is not delayed, but if your flight from YYZ is late you may not make your connecting flight and your bags probably will be left behind. Can you switch to an earlier flight? I would recommend leaving a couple of hours for a transatlantic connection, just so you will not have to rush from one end of PHL to the other with an infant in tow.

Ok, thanks.

Choice is clear, 5.5hrs in PHL, or the tight connection, which would you go for??

We're all travelling in J, so have lounge access if that helps.

If leaving Toronto in the early afternoon doesn't interfere with your plans, I would take the earlier flight just to be on the safe side. I would rather take my time at PHL; you never know if your child will have to be fed or changed, and you (and your bags) will be certain to make your connection easily. Looking at the posts above, it appears that I either walk very quickly or have underestimated the amount of time it would take to get from D to A-West. If it's 15 minutes from the food court between B and C, it will be 20 to 25 minutes from the gate AC uses in D (which is in the middle of the concourse).

Lounge access will give you a nice place to sit while waiting, and while the food in the Envoy lounge in A-West is not as extensive as it used to be, there is still soup and olives available, as well as a variety of drinks. The lounge is rather large, and there are usually seats available even in the transatlantic rush in the early evening.

There are aviation themed play areas (featuring mock airplanes and control towers where children can climb and so forth) in D as well as between B and A-East, though your child may be a bit young for them.

If you were to miss your connection, the only later transatlantic flight on US is the PHL-LHR, which leaves just before 10 pm.

Fair point, well made. I will change.

Good choice, I would do the same thing