There are 3 ways to get from Basel to Kirkwall by plane or train
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Fly from Basel
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane BSL - KOI
8h 42m£135–457Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane FRA - KOI
9h 22m£164–724Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- 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 Kirkwall (KOI)plane STR - KOI
13h 47m£175–579
Basel (BSL) to Kirkwall (KOI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Kirkwall is to fly which costs £130 - £460 and takes 8h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Kirkwall is to fly which takes 8h 42m and costs £130 - £460.
The distance between Basel and Kirkwall is 906 miles.
It takes approximately 8h 42m to get from Basel to Kirkwall, including transfers.
Kirkwall is 1h behind Basel. It is currently 10:15 AM in Basel and 9:15 AM in Kirkwall.
There are 226+ hotels available in Kirkwall.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Kirkwall, Scotland?
easyJet, Loganair, and KLM fly from Basel (BSL) to Kirkwall (KOI) twice daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–450
Flights from Basel to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkwall via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–600
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–470
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–650
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kirkwall via Frankfurt, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Basel to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–450
Flights from Basel to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–700
Flights from Basel to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkwall via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–470
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kirkwall via Manchester, Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–480
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kirkwall via Frankfurt, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–650
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kirkwall via Frankfurt, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
- 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
- £50–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–23
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- £12–15
- 1st Class Ticket
- £16–23
- 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
- Estimated price
- £12–17
- 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
- £14–23
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 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
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- 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
- £10–13
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
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