There are 5 ways to get from Basel to Kabul by plane or train
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Fly from Basel
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Kabul (KBL)BSL - KBL
11h 41m$381–1,414Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Kabul (KBL)MXP - KBL
16h 13m$298–893Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kabul (KBL)ZRH - KBL
12h 51m$636–967Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Kabul (KBL)GVA - KBL
15h 2m$458–1,245Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Kabul (KBL)STR - KBL
14h 10m$530–930
Basel (BSL) to Kabul (KBL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Kabul is to train and fly which costs $290 - $900 and takes 16h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Kabul is to fly which takes 11h 41m and costs $380 - $1,500.
The distance between Basel and Kabul is 5235 km.
It takes approximately 11h 41m to get from Basel to Kabul, including transfers.
Kabul is 3h 30m ahead of Basel. It is currently 2:02 AM in Basel and 5:32 AM in Kabul.
There are 23+ hotels available in Kabul.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Kabul, Afghanistan?
Turkish Airlines, Flydubai, and two other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Kabul (KBL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- kamair.com
Flights from Basel to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,500
Flights from Basel to Kabul via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kabul via Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kabul via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kabul via Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kabul via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–750
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Basel to Kabul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kabul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kabul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kabul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kabul via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kabul via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $250–800
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Basel to Kabul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
- 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 Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- 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
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- 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
- $17–35
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $17–21
- 1st Class Ticket
- $22–35
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 7821 9960770
- info@sweg.de
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- sweg.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
- $23–30
- 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/
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