There are 5 ways to get from Zurich to Detroit by plane or train
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Fly Zurich Airport to Windsor Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Windsor Airport (YQG)plane ZRH - YQG
15h 35m$301–1,012Fly Zurich Airport to Detroit
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Detroit (DTW)plane ZRH - DTW
15h 28m$410–861Train to Basel, fly to Detroit
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Detroit (DTW)plane BSL - DTW
16h 31m$376–695Fly Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)plane ZRH - YYZ
- Take the train from Toronto Union Station to Windsortrain
17h 5m$389–968Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Detroit
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Detroit (DTW)plane FRA - DTW
17h 29m$552–1,249
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Windsor Airport (YQG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Detroit is to train and fly which costs $370 - $700 and takes 16h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Detroit is to fly which takes 15h 28m and costs $410 - $900.
The distance between Zurich and Detroit is 4267 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 35m to get from Zurich to Detroit, including transfers.
Detroit is 6h behind Zurich. It is currently 2:23 PM in Zurich and 8:23 AM in Detroit.
There are 493+ hotels available in Detroit.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Detroit, MI, USA?
Air Canada, Swiss, and two other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Windsor Airport (YQG) 3 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Detroit via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 56m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Detroit via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Detroit via Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Basel to Detroit via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Detroit via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Detroit via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Detroit via Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Windsor Airport via Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Windsor Airport via Frankfurt, Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Windsor Airport via Brussels, Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 44m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Detroit via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Detroit via Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to Detroit via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Detroit via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Detroit via Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Detroit via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Detroit via Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Basel to Detroit via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Basel to Detroit via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Basel to Detroit via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Basel to Detroit via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Detroit via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Basel to Detroit via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Basel to Detroit via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Basel to Detroit via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Detroit via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Basel to Detroit via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Basel to Detroit via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Basel to Detroit via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Windsor Airport via Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Windsor Airport via Frankfurt, Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Basel to Detroit via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Frankfurt to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Windsor Airport via Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Detroit via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
- 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
- 53 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 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from Toronto Union Station to Windsor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–100
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $40–100
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $40–80
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $35–50
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