There are 6 ways to get from Austin to Basel by plane, train, bus, or tram
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane AUS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
16h 12mCHF 362–646Fly Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane AUS - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
15h 36mCHF 483–2,841Fly Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane AUS - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
18h 38mCHF 384–1,523Fly Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane AUS - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
18h 40mCHF 435–971Fly Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Basel
- Fly from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) to Basel (BSL)plane AUS - BSL
16h 49mCHF 464–1,305Bus, tram to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Austin Doubletree University Area to Fort Worthbus
- Take the tram from Fort Worth Central Station to DFW Airport Terminal B Stationtram
- Fly from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DFW - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
18h 17mCHF 433–955
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Austin to Basel is to fly and train which costs SFr 360 - SFr 650 and takes 16h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Austin to Basel is to fly and train which takes 15h 36m and costs SFr 480 - SFr 2900.
The distance between Austin and Basel is 8788 km.
It takes approximately 16h 12m to get from Austin to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 7h ahead of Austin. It is currently 11:18 AM in Austin and 6:18 PM in Basel.
There are 558+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Austin, TX, USA and Basel, Switzerland?
Air Canada, Air Transat, and Air France fly from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) to Basel (BSL) once daily.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,400
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–3,100
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,300
Flights from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 28m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,400
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–3,100
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,300
Flights from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 28m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,400
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Basel via Montreal, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,500
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,500
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,700
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,400
Flights from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Zurich Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,400
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Frankfurt via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Basel via Montreal, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,400
Flights from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,400
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Basel via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 460–1,300
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–160
- 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 12–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–80
- 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 7–17
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 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 50–85
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–18
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–14
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.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 45–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +1 817-215-8600
- Website
- ridetrinitymetro.org
Tram from Fort Worth Central Station to DFW Airport Terminal B Station
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 2
- Website
- https://ridetrinitymetro.org
- Adults 20-64
- CHF 2
- Phone
- +1 844-866-5263
- inquiries@vonlane.com
- Website
- vonlane.com
Bus from Austin Doubletree University Area to Fort Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–108
- Website
- https://vonlane.com
- Adult
- CHF 100
- adult
- CHF 108
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