There are 5 ways to get from Portland to Basel by plane or train
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Fly Portland International Airport to Basel
best- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Basel (BSL)plane PDX - BSL
15h 3mCHF 405–1,206Fly Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PDX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
16h 28mCHF 373–1,497Train to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Portland to Tacomatrain
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Basel (BSL)plane SEA - BSL
18h 24mCHF 422–1,016Fly Portland International Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane PDX - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
18h 58mCHF 403–1,208Fly Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane PDX - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
19h 2mCHF 437–1,522
Portland International Airport (PDX) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Portland to Basel is to train and fly which costs SFr 420 - SFr 1100 and takes 18h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Portland to Basel is to fly which takes 15h 3m and costs SFr 400 - SFr 1300.
The distance between Portland and Basel is 8596 km.
It takes approximately 15h 3m to get from Portland to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 8h ahead of Portland. It is currently 9:11 AM in Portland and 5:11 PM in Basel.
There are 1293+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Portland, OR, USA and Basel, Switzerland?
KLM, British Airways, and two other airlines fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Basel (BSL) 6 times a week.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
Flights from Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
Flights from Portland International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 58m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,400
Flights from Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
Flights from Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
Flights from Portland International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 58m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,400
Flights from Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,300
Flights from Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–2,200
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–950
Flights from Portland International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,400
Flights from Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,200
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Portland International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–900
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Calgary, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,400
- 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 28–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–60
- 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 Portland to Tacoma
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–60
- 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 12–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- 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
- +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 18–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 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 35–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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