There are 5 ways to get from Detroit to Basel by plane or train
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Fly Detroit to Basel
best- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Basel (BSL)plane DTW - BSL
12h 56mCHF 415–656Fly Detroit to Stuttgart Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane DTW - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
16h 19mCHF 283–1,073Fly Detroit to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DTW - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
14h 4mCHF 383–697Fly Windsor Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Windsor Airport (YQG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane YQG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
16h 40mCHF 346–1,300Fly Detroit to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane DTW - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
14h 3mCHF 423–731
Detroit (DTW) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Detroit to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 410 - SFr 700 and takes 12h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Detroit to Basel is to fly which takes 12h 56m and costs SFr 410 - SFr 700.
The distance between Detroit and Basel is 6798 km.
It takes approximately 12h 56m to get from Detroit to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 6h ahead of Detroit. It is currently 1:35 AM in Detroit and 7:35 AM in Basel.
There are 553+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Detroit, MI, USA and Basel, Switzerland?
Lufthansa, Delta, and four other airlines fly from Detroit (DTW) to Basel (BSL) twice daily.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Detroit to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Detroit to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Detroit to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Windsor Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Detroit to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Detroit to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Detroit to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Detroit to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Detroit to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,300
Flights from Detroit to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Detroit to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–1,100
Flights from Detroit to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Windsor Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Windsor Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,500
Flights from Detroit to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,000
Flights from Detroit to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,200
Flights from Detroit to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Detroit to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Detroit to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Detroit to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Detroit to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Detroit to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Detroit to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Windsor Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,400
Flights from Windsor Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,500
Flights from Windsor Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Detroit to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Detroit to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Detroit to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Detroit to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Windsor Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Detroit to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Detroit to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Detroit to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Detroit to Basel via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Detroit to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
- 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 28–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–16
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–85
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–24
- Schedules at
- arverio-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
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–18
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–19
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- 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
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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