There are 5 ways to get from St. Louis to Basel by plane or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Basel
best- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Basel (BSL)STL - BSL
13h 46mCHF 374–1,906Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)STL - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
15h 10mCHF 424–2,250Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Frankfurt (FRA)STL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
14h 52mCHF 393–1,567Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)STL - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
17h 31mCHF 437–1,933Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)STL - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBB
18h 28mCHF 385–1,412
Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from St. Louis to Basel is to fly and train which costs SFr 420 - SFr 2300 and takes 15h 10m.
The fastest way to get from St. Louis to Basel is to fly which takes 13h 46m and costs SFr 370 - SFr 2000.
The distance between St. Louis and Basel is 7484 km.
It takes approximately 13h 46m to get from St. Louis to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 7h ahead of St. Louis. It is currently 12:09 PM in St. Louis and 7:09 PM in Basel.
There are 1260+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between St. Louis, MO, USA and Basel, Switzerland?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and three other airlines fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Basel (BSL) once daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,800
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,600
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,400
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–1,700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 460–1,800
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,600
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,500
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,400
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,800
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,500
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Frankfurt via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,300
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Basel via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,200
- 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
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–45
- 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 29–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–26
- 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 28m
- Frequency
- Once 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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