There are 6 ways to get from Cincinnati to Basel by plane, train, car, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Covington to Basel
best- Fly from Covington (CVG) to Basel (BSL)plane CVG - BSL
14h 11mCHF 374–1,505Bus to John Glenn Columbus International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Cincinnati - Downtown to N Wilson Rd & Ferrell Pl - Columbusbus
- Fly from John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CMH - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
16h 56mCHF 261–956Fly Covington to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Covington (CVG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CVG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
15h 23mCHF 363–1,249Drive to Louisville International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Drive from Cincinnati to Louisville-Airport-SDFcar
- Fly from Louisville International Airport (SDF) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SDF - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
14h 8mCHF 297–870Fly Covington to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Covington (CVG) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane CVG - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
17h 25mCHF 380–1,392Fly Covington to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Covington (CVG) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane CVG - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
19h 1mCHF 459–1,628
Covington (CVG) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cincinnati to Basel is to drive and fly and train which costs SFr 290 - SFr 900 and takes 14h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Cincinnati to Basel is to drive and fly and train which takes 14h 8m and costs SFr 290 - SFr 900.
The distance between Cincinnati and Basel is 7096 km.
It takes approximately 14h 11m to get from Cincinnati to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 6h ahead of Cincinnati. It is currently 1:42 PM in Cincinnati and 7:42 PM in Basel.
There are 1293+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Cincinnati, OH, USA and Basel, Switzerland?
British Airways, Delta, and three other airlines fly from Covington (CVG) to Basel (BSL) once daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Covington to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 36m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,500
Flights from Covington to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,300
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Zurich Airport via Baltimore, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Covington to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,300
Flights from Covington to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Covington to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Covington to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Covington to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,300
Flights from Covington to Stuttgart Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,500
Flights from Covington to Stuttgart Airport via Toronto, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,500
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Covington to Geneva International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,300
Flights from Covington to Stuttgart Airport via Toronto, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,500
Flights from Covington to Stuttgart Airport via Montreal, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 430–1,700
Flights from John Glenn Columbus International Airport to Zurich Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from John Glenn Columbus International Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from John Glenn Columbus International Airport to Zurich Airport via Montreal, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from John Glenn Columbus International Airport to Zurich Airport via Montreal, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Covington to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Covington to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Covington to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,300
Flights from Covington to Stuttgart Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Covington to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–900
Flights from Covington to Stuttgart Airport via Boston, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 47m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–1,500
Flights from John Glenn Columbus International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–850
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Covington to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Covington to Stuttgart Airport via Toronto, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 47m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Covington to Stuttgart Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–1,700
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Covington to Basel via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,700
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–800
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Zurich Airport via Hartford, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,300
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–26
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–24
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–24
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–27
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–14
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 27–40
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–90
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +1 888-378-3823
- info@baronsbus.com
- Website
- baronsbus.com
Bus from Cincinnati - Downtown to N Wilson Rd & Ferrell Pl - Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–35
- Website
- https://baronsbus.com
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