There are 5 ways to get from Zurich to Erbil by plane, train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Zurich Airport to Erbil International Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Erbil International Airport (EBL)plane ZRH - EBL
8h 54m$175–581Train to Basel, fly to Erbil International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Erbil International Airport (EBL)plane BSL - EBL
9h 38m$181–564Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Erbil International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Singentrain
- Take the train from Singen to Böblingentrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Erbil International Airport (EBL)plane STR - EBL
9h 51m$216–690Fly Zurich Airport to Sulaymaniyah, drive
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Sulaymaniyah (ISU)plane ZRH - ISU
- Drive from Sulaymaniyah (ISU) to Erbilcar
13h 19m$195–672Fly Zurich Airport to Kirkuk, drive
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kirkuk (KIK)plane ZRH - KIK
- Drive from Kirkuk (KIK) to Erbilcar
10h 37m$202–766
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Erbil International Airport (EBL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Erbil is to train and fly which costs $210 - $700 and takes 9h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Erbil is to fly which takes 8h 54m and costs $170 - $600.
The distance between Zurich and Erbil is 3174 km.
It takes approximately 8h 54m to get from Zurich to Erbil, including transfers.
Erbil is 2h ahead of Zurich. It is currently 7:46 AM in Zurich and 9:46 AM in Erbil.
There are 85+ hotels available in Erbil.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Erbil, Iraq?
Austrian Airlines, AJet, and two other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Erbil International Airport (EBL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Basel to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–410
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sulaymaniyah via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Basel to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sulaymaniyah via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Basel to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sulaymaniyah via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kirkuk via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
- Website
- urairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Erbil International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–1,400
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Basel to Erbil International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–1,400
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Erbil International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–330
- Website
- rj.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sulaymaniyah via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–850
- Website
- iraqiairways.com.iq
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kirkuk via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
- 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 Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–33
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $22–27
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
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