There are 6 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
14h 30mCHF 405–906Fly Portland International Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
cheapest- 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 51mCHF 318–1,220Fly Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PDX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
16h 38mCHF 464–1,052Train 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 29mCHF 441–880Fly Portland International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane PDX - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
16h 12mCHF 385–1,247Fly 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 16mCHF 557–1,187
Portland International Airport (PDX) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Portland to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 400 - SFr 950 and takes 14h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Portland to Basel is to fly which takes 14h 30m and costs SFr 400 - SFr 950.
The distance between Portland and Basel is 8596 km.
It takes approximately 14h 30m to get from Portland to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 9h ahead of Portland. It is currently 3:19 PM in Portland and 12:19 AM in Basel.
There are 1339+ 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) 4 times a day.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–900
Flights from Portland International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–900
Flights from Portland International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,200
Flights from Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,200
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–850
Flights from Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–800
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–750
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Frankfurt via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–800
Flights from Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–750
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–750
Flights from Portland International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–800
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,300
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Calgary, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–65
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Portland to Tacoma
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–75
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–19
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- DB Regio Stuttgart
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Schedules at
- DB Regio Stuttgart
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–45
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–16
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–55
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
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