There are 5 ways to get from Kansas City to Zurich 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 Kansas City to Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MCI - ZRH
14h 39mCHF 394–1,206Drive to Manhattan Regional Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
cheapest- Drive from Kansas City to Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK)car
- Fly from Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MHK - ZRH
18h 42mCHF 303–933Fly Kansas City to Basel, train
- Fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Basel (BSL)plane MCI - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
18h 24mCHF 410–1,446Fly Kansas City to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane MCI - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Zuerich Hbtrain
19h 51mCHF 385–1,192Fly Kansas City to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MCI - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
19h 6mCHF 369–1,355
Kansas City (MCI) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Kansas City to Zurich is to drive and fly which costs SFr 300 - SFr 950 and takes 18h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Kansas City to Zurich is to fly which takes 14h 39m and costs SFr 390 - SFr 1300.
The distance between Kansas City and Zurich is 7803 km.
It takes approximately 14h 39m to get from Kansas City to Zurich, including transfers.
Zurich is 7h ahead of Kansas City. It is currently 7:43 AM in Kansas City and 2:43 PM in Zurich.
There are 1265+ hotels available in Zurich.
What companies run services between Kansas City, MO, USA and Zurich, Switzerland?
Delta, Swiss, and four other airlines fly from Kansas City (MCI) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) every 4 hours.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,300
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 32m
- When
- Saturday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Boston, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,500
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 6m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Kansas City to Milano Malpensa Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Kansas City to Milano Malpensa Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 36m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,300
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 32m
- When
- Saturday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Boston, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,500
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Kansas City to Milano Malpensa Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 36m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Boston, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,500
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 6m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–1,500
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,500
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,200
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Kansas City to Milano Malpensa Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 43m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,200
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 36m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,300
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 21m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–900
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Kansas City to Milano Malpensa Airport via Boston, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Kansas City to Milano Malpensa Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Kansas City to Milano Malpensa Airport via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 11m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Lugano to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–85
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–85
- 2nd Class
- CHF 40–55
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
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