There are 5 ways to get from Bern to Los Angeles by train or plane
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
best- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane ZRH - LAX
16h 25m$421–775Train to Basel, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane BSL - LAX
18h 57m$603–1,247Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane GVA - LAX
20h 52m$446–1,121Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Burbank Bob Hope Airport
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR)plane ZRH - BUR
18h 24m$610–2,172Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane FRA - LAX
18h 41m$438–1,086
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bern to Los Angeles is to train and fly which costs $420 - $800 and takes 16h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Bern to Los Angeles is to train and fly which takes 16h 25m and costs $420 - $800.
The distance between Bern and Los Angeles is 6054 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 25m to get from Bern to Los Angeles, including transfers.
Los Angeles is 9h behind Bern. It is currently 6:32 AM in Bern and 9:32 PM in Los Angeles.
There are 3405+ hotels available in Los Angeles.
What companies run services between Bern, Switzerland and Los Angeles, CA, USA?
There is no direct connection from Bern to Los Angeles. However, you can take the train to Zürich Flughafen, walk to Zurich Airport (ZRH) airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), walk to LAX Tom Bradley International Terminal, then take the bus to Los Angeles Union Station. Alternatively, you can take the train to Basel SBB, walk to Basel, Bahnhof SBB, take the line 50 bus to Basel EuroAirport, Abflug, walk to Basel (BSL) airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), walk to LAX Tom Bradley International Terminal, then take the bus to Los Angeles Union Station.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 43m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 18m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 44m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 44m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Basel to Los Angeles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Basel to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Basel to Los Angeles International Airport via London Heathrow, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 18m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Los Angeles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Basel to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Basel to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–600
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–900
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–700
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–210
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $85–120
- 2nd Class
- $65–90
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- 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
- $9–19
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
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