There are 4 ways to get from Basel to Vancouver by plane or train
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Fly Basel to Vancouver International Airport
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Vancouver International Airport (YVR)plane BSL - YVR
15h 22m$508–1,314Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Vancouver International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Vancouver International Airport (YVR)plane ZRH - YVR
14h 16m$709–1,282Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Vancouver International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Vancouver International Airport (YVR)plane FRA - YVR
15h 12m$640–1,503Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Coal Harbour Spb
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Coal Harbour Spb (CXH)plane ZRH - CXH
16h 56m$606–2,075
Basel (BSL) to Vancouver International Airport (YVR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Vancouver is to train and fly which costs $600 - $1,500 and takes 15h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Vancouver is to train and fly which takes 14h 16m and costs $700 - $1,300.
The distance between Basel and Vancouver is 8277 km.
It takes approximately 15h 22m to get from Basel to Vancouver, including transfers.
Vancouver is 9h behind Basel. It is currently 10:39 PM in Basel and 1:39 PM in Vancouver.
There are 1416+ hotels available in Vancouver.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Vancouver, BC, Canada?
KLM, easyJet, and three other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Vancouver International Airport (YVR) 3 times a day.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vancouver International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Vancouver International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,200
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Basel to Vancouver International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vancouver International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Vancouver International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vancouver International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Vancouver International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Vancouver International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Basel to Vancouver International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Edmonton
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Basel to Vancouver International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Website
- harbourair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Coal Harbour Spb via Vancouver International Airport, Victoria Inner Harbour Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Coal Harbour Spb via Vancouver International Airport, Nanaimo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Coal Harbour Spb via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Vancouver International Airport, Nanaimo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Vancouver International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Vancouver International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Vancouver International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $50–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $50–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–310
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $90–170
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $110–170
- 2nd Class
- $90–120
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–27
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
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