There are 4 ways to get from Raleigh to Basel by plane or train
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Fly to Basel
best- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Basel (BSL)plane RDU - BSL
12h 45mCHF 705–906Fly to Zurich Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane RDU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
14h 54mCHF 324–1,002Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane RDU - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
14h 17mCHF 345–1,247Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane RDU - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
17h 12mCHF 367–1,137
Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Raleigh to Basel is to fly and train which costs SFr 320 - SFr 1000 and takes 14h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Raleigh to Basel is to fly which takes 12h 45m and costs SFr 700 - SFr 950.
The distance between Raleigh and Basel is 6934 km.
It takes approximately 12h 45m to get from Raleigh to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 6h ahead of Raleigh. It is currently 11:18 PM in Raleigh and 5:18 AM in Basel.
There are 1339+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Raleigh, NC, USA and Basel, Switzerland?
Air France, American Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Basel (BSL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,500
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–900
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,500
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,500
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
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
- +49 30 2970
- 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
- +31 30 751 5155
- 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
- +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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