There are 5 ways to get from Zurich to Alaska by plane or train
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Fly from Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Anchorage International Airport (ANC)plane ZRH - ANC
16h 23m$657–1,417Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Anchorage International Airport (ANC)plane MXP - ANC
19h 49m$573–1,630Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Zürich HB 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 Anchorage International Airport (ANC)plane FRA - ANC
16h 52m$698–2,221Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Anchorage International Airport (ANC)plane BSL - ANC
18h 33m$593–1,717Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to St. Margrethen Sgtrain
- Take the train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Anchorage International Airport (ANC)plane MUC - ANC
21h 7m$653–2,063
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Anchorage International Airport (ANC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Alaska is to fly which costs $650 - $1,500 and takes 16h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Alaska is to fly which takes 16h 23m and costs $650 - $1,500.
The distance between Zurich and Alaska is 4878 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 23m to get from Zurich to Alaska, including transfers.
Alaska is 10h behind Zurich. It is currently 1:47 PM in Zurich and 3:47 AM in Alaska.
There are 150+ hotels available in Alaska.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Alaska, USA?
Condor Flugdienst and Lufthansa fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Anchorage International Airport (ANC) twice daily.
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 3m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Anchorage International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from Basel to Anchorage International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Basel to Anchorage International Airport via Munich International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Munich International Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Munich International Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Anchorage International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Anchorage International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from Basel to Anchorage International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Basel to Anchorage International Airport via Munich International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Munich International Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Munich International Airport to Anchorage International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–220
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zuerich Hb to St. Margrethen Sg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–140
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–240
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- $85–130
- 2nd Class
- $65–90
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–20
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
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