There are 5 ways to get from Austin to Basel by plane or train
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Fly to Basel
best- Fly from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) to Basel (BSL)AUS - BSL
15h 1mCHF 313–1,206Fly to Zurich Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)AUS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
15h 45mCHF 213–1,550Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) to Frankfurt (FRA)AUS - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
15h 31mCHF 526–1,357Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)AUS - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
19h 9mCHF 376–1,434Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)AUS - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBB
19h 48mCHF 324–1,212
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Austin to Basel is to fly and train which costs SFr 210 - SFr 1600 and takes 15h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Austin to Basel is to fly which takes 15h 1m and costs SFr 310 - SFr 1300.
The distance between Austin and Basel is 8623 km.
It takes approximately 15h 1m to get from Austin to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 7h ahead of Austin. It is currently 12:07 PM in Austin and 7:07 PM in Basel.
There are 1250+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Austin, TX, USA and Basel, Switzerland?
British Airways, Lufthansa, and four other airlines fly from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) to Basel (BSL) twice daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,300
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 1,050–1,200
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,300
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,400
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–500
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,200
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,500
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,300
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Zurich Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–950
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Frankfurt via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Basel via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–1,300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,000
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 12–18
- 1st Class
- CHF 21–35
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–55
- 1st Class
- CHF 70–120
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 28–45
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–95
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–23
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 7821 9960770
- info@sweg.de
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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