There are 5 ways to get from Basel to Alaska by train or plane
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Anchorage International Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Anchorage International Airport (ANC)plane ZRH - ANC
16h 44m$891–2,818Fly Basel to Fairbanks
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Fairbanks (FAI)plane BSL - FAI
21h 36m$376–1,207Fly Basel to Anchorage International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Anchorage International Airport (ANC)plane BSL - ANC
16h 49m$956–3,107Train to Frankfurt, fly to Fairbanks
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Fairbanks (FAI)plane FRA - FAI
19h 47m$398–1,251Train to Frankfurt, fly to Anchorage International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Anchorage International Airport (ANC)plane FRA - ANC
15h$868–2,851
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Anchorage International Airport (ANC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Alaska is to fly which costs $370 - $1,300 and takes 21h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Alaska is to train and fly which takes 15h and costs $850 - $2,900.
The distance between Basel and Alaska is 4932 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 44m to get from Basel to Alaska, including transfers.
Alaska is 9h behind Basel. It is currently 11:54 PM in Basel and 2:54 PM in Alaska.
There are 249+ hotels available in Alaska.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Alaska, USA?
Lufthansa, Condor Flugdienst, and Air Dolomiti fly from Basel (BSL) to Anchorage International Airport (ANC) once daily.
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,700
Flights from Basel to Anchorage International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 56m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,100
Flights from Basel to Anchorage International Airport via Munich, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Fairbanks via Anchorage International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 53m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Fairbanks via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Fairbanks via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 3m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Anchorage International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Basel to Fairbanks via Frankfurt, Anchorage International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 13m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Basel to Fairbanks via Munich, Frankfurt, Anchorage International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 18m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,700
Flights from Basel to Anchorage International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 56m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,100
Flights from Basel to Anchorage International Airport via Munich, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Anchorage International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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