There are 4 ways to get from Houston to Basel by plane or train
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Fly to Basel
best- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Basel (BSL)IAH - BSL
14h 49mCHF 324–607Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)IAH - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
16h 33mCHF 344–1,651Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Frankfurt (FRA)IAH - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
16h 20mCHF 363–868Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)IAH - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
18h 4mCHF 538–1,034
George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Houston to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 320 - SFr 650 and takes 14h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Houston to Basel is to fly which takes 14h 49m and costs SFr 320 - SFr 650.
The distance between Houston and Basel is 8515 km.
It takes approximately 14h 49m to get from Houston to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 7h ahead of Houston. It is currently 11:30 AM in Houston and 6:30 PM in Basel.
There are 1255+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Houston, TX, USA and Basel, Switzerland?
United Airlines, Air Dolomiti, and four other airlines fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Basel (BSL) 5 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–750
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–900
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–900
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–900
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,100
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 52m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–1,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–950
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
- 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 Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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 27–55
- 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
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 12–18
- 1st Class
- CHF 21–35
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–55
- 1st Class
- CHF 75–130
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 28–45
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–95
- 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 13–25
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 7821 9960770
- info@sweg.de
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
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