There are 4 ways to get from Basel to Reno by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Basel to Reno/Tahoe International Airport
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Reno/Tahoe International Airport (RNO)plane BSL - RNO
17h 54m$474–2,105Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Reno/Tahoe International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Reno/Tahoe International Airport (RNO)plane ZRH - RNO
17h 36m$678–3,658Train to Frankfurt, fly to Reno/Tahoe International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Reno/Tahoe International Airport (RNO)plane FRA - RNO
18h 32m$505–1,510Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Sacramento International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane ZRH - SMF
- Take the bus from Sacramento to Renobus
21h 37m
Basel (BSL) to Reno/Tahoe International Airport (RNO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Reno is to train and fly which costs $500 - $1,600 and takes 18h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Reno is to train and fly which takes 17h 36m and costs $650 - $3,700.
The distance between Basel and Reno is 5641 miles.
It takes approximately 17h 54m to get from Basel to Reno, including transfers.
Reno is 9h behind Basel. It is currently 12:35 PM in Basel and 3:35 AM in Reno.
There are 207+ hotels available in Reno.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Reno, NV, USA?
British Airways, Alaska Airlines, Inc., and three other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Reno/Tahoe International Airport (RNO) twice daily.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sacramento International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 1m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 21m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 43m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sacramento International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 1m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 21m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Basel to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via London Heathrow, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 44m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Basel to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 19m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 29m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 49m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 34m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via London Heathrow, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–2,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 29m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Basel to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 16m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 11m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 14m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- 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
- $35–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Sacramento to Reno
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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