There are 4 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 47m$522–1,836Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Erbil International Airport
cheapest- 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 50m$260–1,782Train 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
11h 18m$411–1,372Fly Zurich Airport to Sulaymaniyah, drive
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Sulaymaniyah (ISU)plane ZRH - ISU
- Drive from Sulaymaniyah (ISU) to Erbilcar
12h 57m$352–1,227
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Erbil International Airport (EBL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Erbil is to fly and drive which costs $350 - $1,300 and takes 12h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Erbil is to fly which takes 8h 47m and costs $500 - $1,900.
The distance between Zurich and Erbil is 3175 km.
It takes approximately 8h 47m to get from Zurich to Erbil, including transfers.
Erbil is 1h ahead of Zurich. It is currently 5:16 PM in Zurich and 6:16 PM in Erbil.
There are 100+ hotels available in Erbil.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Erbil, Iraq?
Austrian Airlines, Aegean Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Erbil International Airport (EBL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Basel to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sulaymaniyah via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,800
Flights from Basel to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,900
Flights from Basel to Erbil International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,900
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sulaymaniyah via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,700
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Erbil International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,600
Flights from Basel to Erbil International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,500
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sulaymaniyah via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,700
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Erbil International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Basel to Erbil International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Zurich Airport to Erbil International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,600
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,500
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Erbil International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Website
- rj.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sulaymaniyah via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–3,200
- 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
- $19–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- 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
- $28–80
- 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
- $35–55
- 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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