There are 4 ways to get from Pittsburgh to Basel by plane, train, 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 254–957Train to Johnstown-Cambria County Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Pittsburgh Amtrak Station to Johnstown Amtrak Stationtrain
- Fly from Johnstown-Cambria County Airport (JST) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane JST - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
19h 32mCHF 238–829Fly 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 25mCHF 257–845Train, 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 279–836
Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Pittsburgh to Basel is to train and subway and fly which costs SFr 270 - SFr 850 and takes 20h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Pittsburgh to Basel is to fly which takes 13h 30m and costs SFr 250 - SFr 1000.
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 12:16 PM in Pittsburgh and 6:16 PM in Basel.
There are 1241+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Pittsburgh, PA, USA and Basel, Switzerland?
British Airways, Air Canada, and three other airlines fly from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to Basel (BSL) twice daily.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–800
Flights from Johnstown-Cambria County Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from Johnstown-Cambria County Airport to Zurich Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Johnstown-Cambria County Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Johnstown-Cambria County Airport to Zurich Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–900
Flights from Johnstown-Cambria County Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 42m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Johnstown-Cambria County Airport to Zurich Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–850
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–800
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,000
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,000
Flights from Johnstown-Cambria County Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 47m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–850
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–800
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–850
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,000
Flights from Johnstown-Cambria County Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 47m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–1,000
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,200
- 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 280–1,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–800
- 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 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Pittsburgh Amtrak Station to Johnstown Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–17
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Pittsburgh Amtrak Station to Rockville Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- 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
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