There are 6 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 3m$318–1,317Fly Zurich Airport to Detroit
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Detroit (DTW)plane ZRH - DTW
15h 14m$327–716Train to Basel, fly to Detroit
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Detroit (DTW)plane BSL - DTW
15h 57m$396–799Fly 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 1m$426–968Train, 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
16h 51m$517–1,003Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Detroit
- Take the train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SGtrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen Sg to Muenchen Hbf Gl.27-36train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Detroit (DTW)plane MUC - DTW
18h 6m$575–1,138
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Windsor Airport (YQG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Detroit is to fly which costs $320 - $750 and takes 15h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Detroit is to fly which takes 15h 3m and costs $310 - $1,400.
The distance between Zurich and Detroit is 4267 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 3m to get from Zurich to Detroit, including transfers.
Detroit is 6h behind Zurich. It is currently 12:53 PM in Zurich and 6:53 AM in Detroit.
There are 482+ hotels available in Detroit.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Detroit, MI, USA?
Air Canada, Swiss, and Lufthansa fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Windsor Airport (YQG) 4 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Detroit via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 56m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Detroit via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Detroit via Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Detroit via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Basel to Detroit via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Detroit via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Detroit via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Detroit via Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Detroit via Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Detroit via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,600
Flights from Munich International Airport to Detroit via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,600
Flights from Munich International Airport to Detroit via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Windsor Airport via Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Windsor Airport via Frankfurt, Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,500
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
- $320–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Detroit via Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Detroit via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Detroit via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 48m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Detroit via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Detroit via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Detroit via Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Detroit via Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Detroit via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,600
Flights from Munich International Airport to Detroit via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Windsor Airport via Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Windsor Airport via Frankfurt, Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Detroit via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Basel to Detroit via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,400
Flights from Munich International Airport to Detroit via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Detroit via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Basel to Detroit via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Basel to Detroit via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Basel to Detroit via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Detroit via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Basel to Detroit via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Basel to Detroit via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Basel to Detroit via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Basel to Detroit via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Basel to Detroit via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Basel to Detroit via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Basel to Detroit via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Windsor Airport via Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Detroit via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 13m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- 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
Train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–15
- 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
- $18–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–160
- 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
- $35–95
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $40–95
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $40–80
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $35–50
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Muenchen Hbf Gl.27-36
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
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