There are 5 ways to get from Houston to Basel by plane or train
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Fly George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel
best- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Basel (BSL)plane IAH - BSL
14h 37mCHF 365–1,307Fly George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane IAH - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
16h 21mCHF 305–2,303Fly George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane IAH - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
15h 55mCHF 484–1,298Fly George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane IAH - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
18h 55mCHF 407–1,478Fly William P. Hobby Airport to Basel
- Fly from William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) to Basel (BSL)plane HOU - BSL
20h 25mCHF 504–2,205
George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Houston to Basel is to fly and train which costs SFr 300 - SFr 2300 and takes 16h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Houston to Basel is to fly which takes 14h 37m and costs SFr 360 - SFr 1400.
The distance between Houston and Basel is 8516 km.
It takes approximately 14h 37m to get from Houston to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 7h ahead of Houston. It is currently 2:46 PM in Houston and 9:46 PM in Basel.
There are 1353+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Houston, TX, USA and Basel, Switzerland?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and five other airlines fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Basel (BSL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–2,400
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,100
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,200
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,700
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 430–1,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–2,400
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,200
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,700
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–1,500
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,400
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–2,400
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,200
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,400
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–1,500
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 430–1,500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,600
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–550
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,300
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Basel via Nashville, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–2,200
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Basel via Baltimore, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–2,300
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Basel via Pittsburgh, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–2,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,300
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,200
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,300
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,000
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–1,200
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 490–1,400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,700
- 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 30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- 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 25–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- 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-by.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–18
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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