There are 5 ways to get from Portland to Zurich by plane or train
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Fly Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)PDX - ZRH
15h 23mCHF 428–960Train to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Portland to Tacoma
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)SEA - ZRH
16h 13mCHF 289–810Fly Portland International Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Basel (BSL)PDX - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
16h 32mCHF 484–797Fly Portland International Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)PDX - STR
- Take the train from Böblingen to Singen
- Take the train from Singen to Zürich HB
19h 35mCHF 415–1,199Fly Portland International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Frankfurt (FRA)PDX - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
17h 55mCHF 532–1,307
Portland International Airport (PDX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Portland to Zurich is to train and fly which costs SFr 280 - SFr 850 and takes 16h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Portland to Zurich is to fly which takes 15h 23m and costs SFr 420 - SFr 1000.
The distance between Portland and Zurich is 8658 km.
It takes approximately 15h 23m to get from Portland to Zurich, including transfers.
Zurich is 9h ahead of Portland. It is currently 1:14 PM in Portland and 10:14 PM in Zurich.
There are 1234+ hotels available in Zurich.
What companies run services between Portland, OR, USA and Zurich, Switzerland?
Icelandair, KLM, and two other airlines fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) twice daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
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 Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 58m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Portland International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,400
Flights from Portland International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,600
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,700
Flights from Portland International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,400
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
Flights from Portland International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–600
Flights from Portland International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,100
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,300
Flights from Portland International Airport to Frankfurt via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–700
- 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 Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Portland International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,100
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–950
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–650
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Singen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–50
- 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 20–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–22
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 12–18
- 1st Class
- CHF 21–35
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–55
- 1st Class
- CHF 75–130
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