There are 5 ways to get from Pittsburgh to Basel by plane, train, or subway
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Fly Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel
best- Fly from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to Basel (BSL)plane PIT - BSL
13h 30mCHF 267–980Train 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
17hCHF 237–828Fly 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 264–863Fly Pittsburgh International Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane PIT - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
19h 30mCHF 338–1,137Train, 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
19h 54mCHF 283–867
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 280 - SFr 900 and takes 19h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Pittsburgh to Basel is to fly which takes 13h 30m and costs SFr 260 - 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 3:14 PM in Pittsburgh and 9:14 PM in Basel.
There are 1293+ 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) 3 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–850
Flights from Johnstown-Cambria County Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- 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 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Johnstown-Cambria County Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
Flights from Johnstown-Cambria County Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 44m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,300
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Montreal, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
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 210–850
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
- 13h 11m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 23m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 44m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,300
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Montreal, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
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 210–850
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Montreal, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–850
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,200
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Boston, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 28m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- 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 190–750
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 28m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
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 190–750
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 36m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,200
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 230–1,000
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,200
- 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 280–1,100
- 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 35–60
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- 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
- 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 16–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–55
- 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
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–27
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- 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 27–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 27–40
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–90
- 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 25–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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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