There are 7 ways to get from Basel to Delaware by plane, train, or subway
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Fly Basel to Philadelphia International Airport, train
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)BSL - PHL
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Wilmington
14h 53m$507–1,455Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)ZRH - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to Wilmington
15h 18m$222–688Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Philadelphia International Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)ZRH - PHL
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Wilmington
13h 44m$411–1,358Train to Zurich Airport, fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)ZRH - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Wilmington
15h 37m$247–1,107Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)ZRH - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to Wilmington
15h 59m$417–1,520Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Philadelphia International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)MXP - PHL
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Wilmington
17h 40m$423–1,683Train to Frankfurt, fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, train
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)FRA - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to Wilmington
16h 57m$368–1,557
Basel (BSL) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Delaware is to train and fly which costs $220 - $700 and takes 15h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Delaware is to train and fly which takes 13h 44m and costs $410 - $1,400.
The distance between Basel and Delaware is 4028 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 53m to get from Basel to Delaware, including transfers.
Delaware is 6h behind Basel. It is currently 9:50 PM in Basel and 3:50 PM in Delaware.
There are 123+ hotels available in Delaware.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Delaware, USA?
There is no direct connection from Basel to Delaware. However, you can take the line 50 bus to Basel EuroAirport, Abflug, walk to Basel (BSL) airport, fly to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), walk to Airport Terminal A, take the train to Gray 30th St Station, then take the train to Wilmington. Alternatively, you can take the train to Zürich HB, take the train to Zürich Flughafen, walk to Zurich Airport (ZRH) airport, fly to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), walk to Airport Terminal A, take the train to Gray 30th St Station, then take the train to Wilmington.
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- Website
- united.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport via Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Philadelphia International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–750
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Basel to Philadelphia International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,300
Flights from Basel to Philadelphia International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Basel to Philadelphia International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Basel to Philadelphia International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Philadelphia International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,300
Flights from Basel to Philadelphia International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Basel to Philadelphia International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,600
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–420
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Wilmington
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $3–200
- Business Class
- $40–230
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Wilmington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–240
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $16–240
- Business Class
- $65–280
Train from Newark Liberty International Airport to Wilmington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–240
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $14–240
- Business Class
- $60–280
Train from Washington Union Station to Wilmington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–240
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $15–240
- Business Class
- $65–280
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Wilmington
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $5–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Wilmington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–650
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $26–460
- First Class
- $140–650
Train from Washington Union Station to Wilmington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–650
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $25–460
- First Class
- $140–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Wilmington
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–130
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Wilmington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–370
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Washington Union Station to Wilmington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–230
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- $5–8
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–29
- 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
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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