There are 4 ways to get from Kansas City to Basel by plane or train
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Fly to Basel
best- Fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Basel (BSL)plane MCI - BSL
16h 34mCHF 453–1,804Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane MCI - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
20h 30mCHF 415–1,630Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MCI - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
18h 3mCHF 422–1,695Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MCI - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
18h 26mCHF 531–1,529
Kansas City (MCI) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kansas City to Basel is to fly and train which costs SFr 410 - SFr 1700 and takes 20h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Kansas City to Basel is to fly which takes 16h 34m and costs SFr 450 - SFr 1800.
The distance between Kansas City and Basel is 7726 km.
It takes approximately 16h 34m to get from Kansas City to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 7h ahead of Kansas City. It is currently 2:59 AM in Kansas City and 9:59 AM in Basel.
There are 1295+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Kansas City, MO, USA and Basel, Switzerland?
Delta, KLM, and four other airlines fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Basel (BSL) every 4 hours.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 460–1,900
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–1,800
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 460–1,900
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Philadelphia, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–1,900
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Newark, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 19m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–1,900
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,600
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,600
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,600
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,500
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,500
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Minneapolis, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,500
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Minneapolis, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,500
Flights from Kansas City to Geneva International Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Geneva International Airport via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Geneva International Airport via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Geneva International Airport via Philadelphia, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 460–1,900
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–1,800
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Philadelphia, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–1,900
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Newark, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 19m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–1,900
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,600
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,500
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,500
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Minneapolis, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,500
Flights from Kansas City to Geneva International Airport via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 460–1,900
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–1,800
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 460–1,900
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Philadelphia, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–1,900
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Newark, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 19m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–1,900
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,600
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,600
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,500
Flights from Kansas City to Geneva International Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Geneva International Airport via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Geneva International Airport via Philadelphia, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,400
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–2,300
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,800
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–2,000
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Detroit, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,600
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–1,800
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 19m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Geneva International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Geneva International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–1,600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,800
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Detroit, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,600
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,600
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 19m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Geneva International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–1,600
Flights from Kansas City to Geneva International Airport via Philadelphia, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–2,300
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–2,000
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–1,800
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 19m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,400
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 19m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,400
- 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 29–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- 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
- 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 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 24–60
- 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 50–90
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
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