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)plane AUS - BSL
15h 29mCHF 554–1,505Fly to Frankfurt, train
cheapest- 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 393–1,511Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- 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 444–1,602Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane AUS - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
18h 36mCHF 496–1,882Fly 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 472–1,646
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 390 - SFr 1600 and takes 15h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Austin to Basel is to fly which takes 15h 29m and costs SFr 550 - SFr 1600.
The distance between Austin and Basel is 8622 km.
It takes approximately 15h 29m to get from Austin to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 7h ahead of Austin. It is currently 2:15 PM in Austin and 9:15 PM in Basel.
There are 1349+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Austin, TX, USA and Basel, Switzerland?
KLM, British Airways, and five other airlines fly from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) to Basel (BSL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–2,100
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,900
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–1,600
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–1,600
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–1,500
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 460–1,700
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 400–1,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–1,600
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–1,500
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 460–1,700
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 400–1,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,700
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 460–1,600
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–1,400
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,800
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 460–1,600
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Zurich Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–1,300
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Frankfurt via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–1,600
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–1,600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–1,400
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Basel via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,500
- 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 30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–16
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–55
- 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 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- 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-by.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–18
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- 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 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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