There are 6 ways to get from Basel to Vientiane by plane, car, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Basel to Wattay International Airport
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Wattay International Airport (VTE)plane BSL - VTE
19h 32m$404–1,605Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Wattay International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Wattay International Airport (VTE)plane MXP - VTE
23h 1m$390–739Drive 11,624.7 km
- Drive from Basel to Vientianecar 11,624.7 km
5d 15h$2,344–3,386Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Wattay International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Wattay International Airport (VTE)plane ZRH - VTE
17h 11m$589–2,116Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Udon Thani International Airport, drive
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Udon Thani International Airport (UTH)plane ZRH - UTH
- Drive from Udon-Thani-Airport-UTH to Vientianecar
19h 3m$523–1,337Fly Basel to Udon Thani International Airport, drive
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Udon Thani International Airport (UTH)plane BSL - UTH
- Drive from Udon-Thani-Airport-UTH to Vientianecar
17h 43m$458–1,626
Basel (BSL) to Wattay International Airport (VTE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Vientiane is to train and fly which costs $390 - $750 and takes 23h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Vientiane is to train and fly which takes 17h 11m and costs $550 - $2,200.
The distance between Basel and Vientiane is 8915 km. The road distance is 11624.7 km.
It takes approximately 19h 32m to get from Basel to Vientiane, including transfers.
Vientiane is 6h ahead of Basel. It is currently 6:58 AM in Basel and 12:58 PM in Vientiane.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Vientiane is 11625 km. It takes approximately 5 days 15h to drive from Basel to Vientiane.
There are 283+ hotels available in Vientiane.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Vientiane, Laos?
Lufthansa, Thai Airways International, and five other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Wattay International Airport (VTE) 5 times a day.
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Wattay International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Udon Thani International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Basel to Udon Thani International Airport via Frankfurt, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Wattay International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Udon Thani International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Chiang Mai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Udon Thani International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Basel to Udon Thani International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–2,100
Flights from Basel to Udon Thani International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Wattay International Airport via Frankfurt, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Basel to Wattay International Airport via Munich, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Basel to Wattay International Airport via Istanbul, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Wattay International Airport via Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Wattay International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Udon Thani International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Basel to Udon Thani International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Udon Thani International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Udon Thani International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Basel to Udon Thani International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,900
Flights from Basel to Udon Thani International Airport via Frankfurt, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- laoairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Wattay International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–2,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Wattay International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Wattay International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Wattay International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Wattay International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Wattay International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–2,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Basel to Wattay International Airport via Istanbul, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
- 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
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–300
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–29
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
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