There are 6 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)PIT - BSL
13h 34mCHF 252–920Bus to Morgantown Municipal Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Pittsburgh Greyhound to Westover Terminal
- Fly from Morgantown Municipal Airport (MGW) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)MGW - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
22h 5mCHF 225–823Fly Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)PIT - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
15h 18mCHF 255–839Train to Johnstown-Cambria County Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Pittsburgh Amtrak Station to Johnstown Amtrak Station
- Fly from Johnstown-Cambria County Airport (JST) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)JST - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
18h 38mCHF 248–829Fly Pittsburgh International Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)PIT - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
19h 40mCHF 327–1,085Train, subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Pittsburgh Amtrak Station to Rockville Amtrak
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)IAD - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
20h 5mCHF 365–864
Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Pittsburgh to Basel is to bus and fly and train which costs SFr 220 - SFr 850 and takes 22h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Pittsburgh to Basel is to fly which takes 13h 34m and costs SFr 250 - SFr 950.
The distance between Pittsburgh and Basel is 6723 km.
It takes approximately 13h 34m to get from Pittsburgh to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 6h ahead of Pittsburgh. It is currently 12:23 AM in Pittsburgh and 6:23 AM in Basel.
There are 1260+ 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 Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–800
Flights from Johnstown-Cambria County Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–800
Flights from Johnstown-Cambria County Airport to Zurich Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–750
Flights from Johnstown-Cambria County Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Johnstown-Cambria County Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Johnstown-Cambria County Airport to Zurich Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Johnstown-Cambria County Airport to Zurich Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–750
Flights from Morgantown Municipal Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Morgantown Municipal Airport to Zurich Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–750
Flights from Morgantown Municipal Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,000
Flights from Morgantown Municipal Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Toronto, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,200
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Montreal, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
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 240–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 11m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,100
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 23m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–1,000
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,200
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Montreal, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–900
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 240–900
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Montreal, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Toronto, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–800
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Boston, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–750
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–750
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Basel via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,100
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Zurich Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Johnstown-Cambria County Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Montreal, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
- Website
- aerlingus.com
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 250–1,100
- 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 250–1,000
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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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 50–110
- 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 13–25
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 7821 9960770
- info@sweg.de
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 28–45
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–95
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/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
- 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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