There are 3 ways to get from Boston to Basel by plane or train
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Fly to Basel
best- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Basel (BSL)plane BOS - BSL
9h 30mCHF 275–704Fly to Zurich Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BOS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 59mCHF 237–570Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BOS - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain
10h 41mCHF 267–686
Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Boston to Basel is to fly and train which costs SFr 230 - SFr 600 and takes 8h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Boston to Basel is to fly and train which takes 8h 59m and costs SFr 230 - SFr 600.
The distance between Boston and Basel is 5941 km.
It takes approximately 9h 30m to get from Boston to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 6h ahead of Boston. It is currently 8:44 AM in Boston and 2:44 PM in Basel.
There are 1273+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Boston, MA, USA and Basel, Switzerland?
British Airways, Air France, and three other airlines fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Basel (BSL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–700
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–650
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–650
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–280
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–470
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–290
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Frankfurt via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–950
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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