There are 5 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
7h 23m£125–446Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane ZRH - KOI
8h 52m£372–795Train, 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
12h 47m£166–637Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane FRA - KOI
12h 33m£507–761Train, 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 Kirkwall (KOI)plane GVA - KOI
10h 40m£376–826
Basel (BSL) to Kirkwall (KOI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Kirkwall is to fly which costs £120 - £450 and takes 7h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Kirkwall is to fly which takes 7h 23m and costs £120 - £450.
The distance between Basel and Kirkwall is 906 miles.
It takes approximately 7h 23m to get from Basel to Kirkwall, including transfers.
Kirkwall is 1h behind Basel. It is currently 9:33 PM in Basel and 8:33 PM in Kirkwall.
There are 88+ 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) once daily.
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Basel to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Tuesday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £120–440
Flights from Basel to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–650
Flights from Basel to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–600
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kirkwall via Copenhagen, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kirkwall via Manchester, Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–460
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kirkwall via Manchester, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–460
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkwall via Birmingham, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £120–440
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Tuesday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £120–440
Flights from Basel to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–600
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–600
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kirkwall via Copenhagen, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £120–440
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–650
- 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
- £28–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £19–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- 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
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–22
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- £12–15
- 1st Class Ticket
- £15–22
- 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
- £11–17
- 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
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- 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
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- £60–90
- 2nd Class
- £45–65
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £6–14
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
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