There are 5 ways to get from Minneapolis to Basel by plane or train
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Fly to Basel
best- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Basel (BSL)plane MSP - BSL
13h 27mCHF 385–857Fly to Zurich Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MSP - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
14h 7mCHF 303–1,048Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane MSP - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
16h 7mCHF 433–959Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane MSP - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
16h 46mCHF 377–1,073Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MSP - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain
14h 37mCHF 453–1,223
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Minneapolis to Basel is to fly and train which costs SFr 300 - SFr 1100 and takes 14h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Minneapolis to Basel is to fly which takes 13h 27m and costs SFr 380 - SFr 900.
The distance between Minneapolis and Basel is 7180 km.
It takes approximately 13h 27m to get from Minneapolis to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 6h ahead of Minneapolis. It is currently 8:05 AM in Minneapolis and 2:05 PM in Basel.
There are 1017+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Minneapolis, MN, USA and Basel, Switzerland?
Air France, Airbus France, and five other airlines fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Basel (BSL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,300
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,300
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–850
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–750
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–850
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–750
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–750
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–750
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–700
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,400
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–550
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,300
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,600
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–700
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–500
- 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
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 42 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 55–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–310
- 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
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–18
- 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 12–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- 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
- 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
- +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 18–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 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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