There are 5 ways to get from Pittsburgh to Basel by plane, train, bus, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel
best- Fly from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to Basel (BSL)plane PIT - BSL
13h 30mCHF 403–901Bus to Morgantown Municipal Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Pittsburgh Greyhound to Westover Terminalbus
- Fly from Morgantown Municipal Airport (MGW) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MGW - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
20h 35mCHF 244–964Fly Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PIT - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
15h 2mCHF 379–713Fly Pittsburgh International Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane PIT - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
17h 49mCHF 361–984Train, subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Pittsburgh Amtrak Station to Rockville Amtraktrain
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane IAD - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
20h 4mCHF 314–933
Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Pittsburgh to Basel is to fly and train which costs SFr 370 - SFr 750 and takes 15h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Pittsburgh to Basel is to fly which takes 13h 30m and costs SFr 400 - SFr 900.
The distance between Pittsburgh and Basel is 6724 km.
It takes approximately 13h 30m to get from Pittsburgh to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 6h ahead of Pittsburgh. It is currently 3:23 PM in Pittsburgh and 9:23 PM in Basel.
There are 1314+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Pittsburgh, PA, USA and Basel, Switzerland?
Air Canada, Air Transat, and eight other airlines fly from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to Basel (BSL) 5 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
Flights from Morgantown Municipal Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
Flights from Morgantown Municipal Airport to Zurich Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Morgantown Municipal Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
Flights from Morgantown Municipal Airport to Zurich Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Morgantown Municipal Airport to Zurich Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Morgantown Municipal Airport to Zurich Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Toronto, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Toronto, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Toronto, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–850
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Toronto, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Toronto, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Toronto, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–950
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Toronto, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Toronto, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,500
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–950
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–700
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–950
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,100
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–1,200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,600
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
- 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 28–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–55
- 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
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Pittsburgh Amtrak Station to Rockville Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–140
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 1–7
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- CHF 1–2
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- CHF 4–7
- Phone
- +1 304-291-7433
- Website
- busride.org
Bus from Pittsburgh Greyhound to Westover Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–24
- Website
- https://www.busride.org
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