There are 5 ways to get from Basel to Minneapolis by plane or train
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Fly from Basel
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)plane BSL - MSP
16h$707–1,409Train to Zurich Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)plane ZRH - MSP
16h 49m$443–1,160Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)plane FRA - MSP
14h 41m$536–1,696Train, 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 Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)plane GVA - MSP
17h 48m$499–1,072Train, 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 Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)plane STR - MSP
17h 31m$697–1,411
Basel (BSL) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Minneapolis is to train and fly which costs $440 - $1,200 and takes 16h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Minneapolis is to train and fly which takes 14h 41m and costs $500 - $1,700.
The distance between Basel and Minneapolis is 4487 miles.
It takes approximately 16h to get from Basel to Minneapolis, including transfers.
Minneapolis is 7h behind Basel. It is currently 2:53 PM in Basel and 7:53 AM in Minneapolis.
There are 600+ hotels available in Minneapolis.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Minneapolis, MN, USA?
KLM, Air France, and five other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) 3 times a day.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Basel to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Basel to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Basel to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 56m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Basel to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Basel to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 56m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Basel to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Basel to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 56m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,900
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,300
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Basel to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 44m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–900
- 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
- $26–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- 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
- $40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- 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
- +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
- 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
- $8–40
- 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
- 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
- $14–18
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
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