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
16h 51mCHF 373–1,106Drive 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
19h 20mCHF 260–931Fly 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 23mCHF 387–1,446Fly 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 26mCHF 335–1,192Fly 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 10mCHF 351–1,235
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 260 - SFr 950 and takes 19h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Kansas City to Zurich is to fly which takes 16h 51m and costs SFr 370 - SFr 1200.
The distance between Kansas City and Zurich is 7803 km.
It takes approximately 16h 51m to get from Kansas City to Zurich, including transfers.
Zurich is 7h ahead of Kansas City. It is currently 4:04 PM in Kansas City and 11:04 PM in Zurich.
There are 1226+ hotels available in Zurich.
What companies run services between Kansas City, MO, USA and Zurich, Switzerland?
Southwest Airlines, 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, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 47m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Boston, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 54m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Kansas City to Milano Malpensa Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 28m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Kansas City to Milano Malpensa Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,100
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 39m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 39m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,300
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–1,600
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Kansas City to Milano Malpensa Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 59m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,200
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 47m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Boston, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Milano Malpensa Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 28m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Kansas City to Milano Malpensa Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 39m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 39m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,300
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–1,600
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Kansas City to Milano Malpensa Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 59m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,200
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,100
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 39m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,300
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Boston, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Kansas City to Basel via Boston, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 54m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Kansas City to Frankfurt via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Kansas City to Zurich Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Manhattan Regional Airport to Zurich Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Kansas City to Milano Malpensa Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- 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 26–45
- 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 45–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
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