There are 5 ways to get from Calgary to Basel by plane or train
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Fly to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Calgary International Airport (YYC) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane YYC - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
12h 56mCHF 352–777Fly to Basel
cheapest- Fly from Calgary International Airport (YYC) to Basel (BSL)plane YYC - BSL
13h 53mCHF 347–511Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Calgary International Airport (YYC) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane YYC - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain
14h 48mCHF 357–874Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Calgary International Airport (YYC) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane YYC - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
17h 44mCHF 610–1,207Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Calgary International Airport (YYC) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane YYC - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
17h 48mCHF 406–805
Calgary International Airport (YYC) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Calgary to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 340 - SFr 550 and takes 13h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Calgary to Basel is to fly and train which takes 12h 56m and costs SFr 350 - SFr 800.
The distance between Calgary and Basel is 7876 km.
It takes approximately 12h 56m to get from Calgary to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 7h ahead of Calgary. It is currently 1:08 AM in Calgary and 8:08 AM in Basel.
There are 1309+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Calgary, AB, Canada and Basel, Switzerland?
Airbus France, Lufthansa, and six other airlines fly from Calgary International Airport (YYC) to Basel (BSL) 5 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–460
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–460
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–550
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–650
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–410
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–750
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–430
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–750
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–480
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–490
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–460
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–460
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–550
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–650
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–410
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–750
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–480
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–490
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–650
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–410
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–750
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–480
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–490
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–700
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,100
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,000
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–650
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–800
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–600
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–650
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–410
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,200
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Calgary International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,200
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–29
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–26
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–18
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
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