There are 7 ways to get from Basel to Chengdu by plane, subway, car, or train
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Fly Basel to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, subway
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU)plane BSL - TFU
- Take the subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century Citysubway
17h 1m¥2,039–7,054Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, subway
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU)plane MXP - TFU
- Take the subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century Citysubway
19h 30m¥1,718–5,279Drive 9,680.7 km
- Drive from Basel to Chengducar 9,680.7 km
4d 14h¥13,461–19,444Fly Basel to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)plane BSL - CTU
18h 2m¥2,332–8,544Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, subway
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU)plane ZRH - TFU
- Take the subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century Citysubway
17h 16m¥2,029–6,099Train to Frankfurt, fly to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, subway
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU)plane FRA - TFU
- Take the subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century Citysubway
16h 37m¥3,273–8,526Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, subway
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU)plane STR - TFU
- Take the subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century Citysubway
19h 52m¥2,598–7,377
Basel (BSL) to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Chengdu is to train and fly and subway which costs ¥1700 - ¥5500 and takes 19h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Chengdu is to train and fly and subway which takes 16h 37m and costs ¥3200 - ¥9000.
The distance between Basel and Chengdu is 8130 km. The road distance is 9680.7 km.
It takes approximately 17h 1m to get from Basel to Chengdu, including transfers.
Chengdu is 7h ahead of Basel. It is currently 8:48 PM in Basel and 3:48 AM in Chengdu.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Chengdu is 9681 km. It takes approximately 4 days 14h to drive from Basel to Chengdu.
There are 605+ hotels available in Chengdu.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Chengdu, China?
Air Dolomiti, Air China, and six other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) 4 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Basel to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,000
Flights from Basel to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,500
Flights from Basel to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,000
Flights from Basel to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,500
Flights from Basel to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Budapest, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–7,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–5,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 11m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,000
Flights from Basel to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Basel to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–7,000
Flights from Basel to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Istanbul, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,500
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Basel to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–7,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–7,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–9,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–11,000
- Phone
- 028-61638000
- Website
- cdmetro.cn
Subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century City
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥9–14
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
- 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
- ¥290–550
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥700–1,300
- 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
- ¥460–510
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥330–370
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥220–250
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥110–220
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- ¥110–140
- 1st Class Ticket
- ¥150–220
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥170–410
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- ¥170–230
- 1st Class
- ¥320–410
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥95–120
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥160–200
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥45–60
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
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