There are 3 ways to get from Zurich to Anchorage by plane or train
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Fly from Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Anchorage International Airport (ANC)ZRH - ANC
15h 55m$510–1,511Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Anchorage International Airport (ANC)MXP - ANC
20h 27m$500–1,402Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Anchorage International Airport (ANC)FRA - ANC
17h 2m$547–1,639
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Anchorage International Airport (ANC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Anchorage is to train and fly which costs $500 - $1,400 and takes 20h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Anchorage is to fly which takes 15h 55m and costs $500 - $1,600.
The distance between Zurich and Anchorage is 4878 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 55m to get from Zurich to Anchorage, including transfers.
Anchorage is 10h behind Zurich. It is currently 1:42 AM in Zurich and 3:42 PM in Anchorage.
There are 229+ hotels available in Anchorage.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Anchorage, AK, USA?
Condor Flugdienst, Swiss, and two other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Anchorage International Airport (ANC) 3 times a week.
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 17m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Anchorage International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 23m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 42m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–2,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Anchorage International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Anchorage International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,700
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–13
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $33–37
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
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