There are 5 ways to get from Basel to Halifax by train or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)plane ZRH - YHZ
11h 40m$654–1,186Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)plane STR - YHZ
15h 58m$381–1,643Fly from Basel
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)plane BSL - YHZ
13h 26m$398–710Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)plane FRA - YHZ
13h 11m$639–1,380Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)plane GVA - YHZ
15h 58m$723–1,191
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Halifax is to fly which costs $390 - $750 and takes 13h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Halifax is to train and fly which takes 11h 40m and costs $650 - $1,200.
The distance between Basel and Halifax is 5484 km.
It takes approximately 11h 40m to get from Basel to Halifax, including transfers.
Halifax is 5h behind Basel. It is currently 6:59 AM in Basel and 1:59 AM in Halifax.
There are 257+ hotels available in Halifax.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Halifax, NS, Canada?
Air Dolomiti, Airbus France, and five other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ) twice daily.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–600
Flights from Basel to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Halifax Stanfield International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–650
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–600
Flights from Basel to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–700
Flights from Basel to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Halifax Stanfield International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–650
Flights from Frankfurt to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Basel to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Basel to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Halifax Stanfield International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–650
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Halifax Stanfield International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–650
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $90–140
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–180
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–100
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–150
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- $100–150
- 2nd Class
- $70–95
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $26–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–30
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $22–27
- 1st Class Ticket
- $29–40
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Website
- TGV inOui
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