Pike Creek, Faulkland, Limestone Road
Thirty miles out in 19808: reserve an airport transfer from Pike Creek to PHL
Of the ZIP codes that New Castle County mail carries as Wilmington, 19808 lies farthest by road from Philadelphia International Airport: 30.6 miles to the departures curb at a quiet hour. This page walks through an airport transfer from Pike Creek to PHL as the office arranges it: the roads out, where the car meets you coming home, and what the from-figures cover. Every price you act on is a car company's own fare, additions named, in writing and in your hands before any yes.
19808
Mail reads Wilmington, DE
Sedan from $160 SUV from $215
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 30.6 mi, about 46 min at a quiet hour
- Back from Zone 6 30.9 mi, about 47 min
- Roads DE-7, I-495, I-95
One step further out, ZIP 19713 lies 31.7 road miles away, $5 higher: $165 sedan, $220 SUV, on the page for an airport ride from Brookside and Ogletown to PHL.
Faulkland, Duncan Village and Limestone Gardens
Every letter to 19808 carries Wilmington as its city, yet the names people here give for home are closer to the ground: Pike Creek, Pike Creek Valley, Marshallton, Faulkland, Duncan Village, Cranston Heights, Brandywine Springs and Limestone Gardens. All eight sit inside this one ZIP code, and the office lists one from-figure for a ride from any of them.
The label on the envelope says little about distance. Downtown Wilmington, in 19801, is 22.1 road miles from the terminals. Ten ZIP codes are mailed as Wilmington, and they spread from 15.9 miles in 19810 out to 30.6 miles here, at the far end of that range. For that reason the fare follows the five digits of your ZIP, while the city name printed beside them plays no part in it.
DE-7 down to I-495
From a 19808 address the car covers 30.6 miles to PHL, roughly 46 minutes when traffic is light. It takes DE-7 first, then I-495, then I-95 North over the state line into Pennsylvania, and turns off at exit 10 for PA-291 East. That exit feeds Departures Road, where the terminals stand in a set order: A-West, A-East, B, C, D, E and F. Your flight details name your terminal, so write it on the request. At the curb the car halts only for unloading.
Treat the 46 minutes as a floor and never as a promise. Rush hours on I-95 between Wilmington and the airport stretch the drive, so if your departure falls near the morning or evening crush, ask for a pickup time well ahead of what the quiet-hour figure suggests.
A short walk out to Zone 6
Pike Creek lies 30.9 miles back from the airport, near 47 minutes at a quiet hour, the final miles on DE-7. Look for Zone 6, the pickup point for cars arranged ahead, outside baggage claim. The flight number on your request keeps the company informed if the landing shifts. Terminal exits, A-West included, are described on the page for airport pickup at PHL for New Castle County.
$160 and $215, the highest of the ten
A sedan from Pike Creek starts at $160 and an SUV at $215, per car and in one direction. The fixed rate you agree to comes from the car company in writing; the extras it may name are those printed beside the figure at the top. Compare with the rest of the county on airport transfer rates to PHL by ZIP code.