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)RDU - BSL
14h 17mCHF 342–856Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)RDU - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
18h 27mCHF 316–1,133Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)RDU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
14h 31mCHF 362–700Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Frankfurt (FRA)RDU - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
14h 37mCHF 431–1,367
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 360 - SFr 700 and takes 14h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Raleigh to Basel is to fly which takes 14h 17m and costs SFr 340 - SFr 900.
The distance between Raleigh and Basel is 6933 km.
It takes approximately 14h 17m to get from Raleigh to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 6h ahead of Raleigh. It is currently 11:29 PM in Raleigh and 5:29 AM in Basel.
There are 1255+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Raleigh, NC, USA and Basel, Switzerland?
American Airlines, British Airways, and four other airlines fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Basel (BSL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 54m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,200
- 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
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
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
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–26
- 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
- +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
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
- +49 711 400 534 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 7821 9960770
- info@sweg.de
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
- 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/
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