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 23mCHF 425–956Fly to Frankfurt, train
cheapest- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MSP - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain
14h 29mCHF 402–1,232Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- 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 26mCHF 434–997Fly 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 14mCHF 489–1,209Fly 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 44mCHF 577–1,082
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 430 - SFr 1000 and takes 14h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Minneapolis to Basel is to fly which takes 13h 23m and costs SFr 420 - SFr 1000.
The distance between Minneapolis and Basel is 7180 km.
It takes approximately 13h 23m to get from Minneapolis to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 7h ahead of Minneapolis. It is currently 6:39 PM in Minneapolis and 1:39 AM in Basel.
There are 1334+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Minneapolis, MN, USA and Basel, Switzerland?
Air France, Airbus France, and four other airlines fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Basel (BSL) 5 times a day.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,000
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,000
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–950
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–900
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–1,000
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–800
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–950
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–950
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–900
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–1,000
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–800
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–950
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,700
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–800
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–60
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–17
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–19
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–230
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- DB Regio Stuttgart
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–20
- Schedules at
- DB Regio Stuttgart
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–45
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–75
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
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