There are 4 ways to get from Seattle to Basel by plane or train
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Fly to Basel
best- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Basel (BSL)plane SEA - BSL
15h 14mCHF 418–909Fly to Zurich Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SEA - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
16h 48mCHF 306–750Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SEA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
16h 22mCHF 306–884Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane SEA - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
18h 28mCHF 476–920
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Seattle to Basel is to fly and train which costs SFr 300 - SFr 750 and takes 16h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Seattle to Basel is to fly which takes 15h 14m and costs SFr 410 - SFr 950.
The distance between Seattle and Basel is 8417 km.
It takes approximately 15h 14m to get from Seattle to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 9h ahead of Seattle. It is currently 11:14 AM in Seattle and 8:14 PM in Basel.
There are 1286+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Seattle, WA, USA and Basel, Switzerland?
British Airways, Lufthansa, and four other airlines fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Basel (BSL) once daily.
Airlines
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,400
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 13m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,300
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–440
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–420
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–800
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–550
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–700
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,200
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Train operators
- 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
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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- 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 7–16
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
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
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–85
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–24
- Schedules at
- arverio-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
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–18
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–19
- 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
- +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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