There are 4 ways to get from Basel to Madeira by train or plane
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Madeira Airport (FNC)plane ZRH - FNC
8h 3m€172–388Fly from Basel
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Madeira Airport (FNC)plane BSL - FNC
6h 54m€130–341Train, 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 Madeira Airport (FNC)plane GVA - FNC
9h 46m€191–620Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Madeira Airport (FNC)plane FRA - FNC
9h 29m€157–486
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Madeira Airport (FNC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Madeira is to fly which costs €130 - €350 and takes 6h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Madeira is to fly which takes 6h 54m and costs €130 - €350.
The distance between Basel and Madeira is 2789 km.
It takes approximately 8h 3m to get from Basel to Madeira, including transfers.
Madeira is 1h behind Basel. It is currently 11:46 AM in Basel and 10:46 AM in Madeira.
There are 3285+ hotels available in Madeira.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Madeira, Portugal?
easyJet flies from Basel (BSL) to Madeira Airport (FNC) 3 times a week.
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Madeira Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Madeira Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Madeira Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Madeira Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Madeira Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Madeira Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Madeira Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Madeira Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–240
Flights from Basel to Madeira Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Basel to Madeira Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Madeira Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Madeira Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Madeira Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Madeira Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Madeira Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Madeira Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Madeira Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–750
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Madeira Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Madeira Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Madeira Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–400
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Madeira Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–410
- 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
- €30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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
- €60–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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