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)plane BSL - KBL
10h 39m$611–2,114Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
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 Kabul (KBL)plane MXP - KBL
15h 12m$467–1,519Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kabul (KBL)plane ZRH - KBL
12h 17m$547–1,526Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Kabul (KBL)plane GVA - KBL
13h 56m$856–1,690Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Kabul (KBL)plane STR - KBL
13h 54m$567–2,254
Basel (BSL) to Kabul (KBL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Kabul is to train and fly which costs $500 - $1,600 and takes 12h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Kabul is to fly which takes 10h 39m and costs $600 - $2,200.
The distance between Basel and Kabul is 5236 km.
It takes approximately 10h 39m to get from Basel to Kabul, including transfers.
Kabul is 2h 30m ahead of Basel. It is currently 5:07 AM in Basel and 7:37 AM in Kabul.
There are 23+ hotels available in Kabul.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Kabul, Afghanistan?
Turkish Airlines, Flydubai, and Ariana Afghan Airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Kabul (KBL) twice daily.
- Website
- flyariana.com
Flights from Basel to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kabul via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kabul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kabul via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Basel to Kabul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kabul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kabul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kabul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
- Website
- kamair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kabul via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kabul via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kabul via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,200
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kabul via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–950
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kabul via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Basel to Kabul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,000
- 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
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–210
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $26–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–310
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–30
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $16–20
- 1st Class Ticket
- $21–30
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–30
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $16–24
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- 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/
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