There are 6 ways to get from Zurich to Kelowna by plane, train, bus, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Zurich Airport to Kelowna International Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kelowna International Airport (YLW)plane ZRH - YLW
15h 33m$359–1,314Train to Basel, fly to Kelowna International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Kelowna International Airport (YLW)plane BSL - YLW
18h 23m$517–1,006Fly Zurich Airport to Penticton Regional Airport, bus
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Penticton Regional Airport (YYF)plane ZRH - YYF
- Take the bus from Wade & Winnipeg to Queensway Exchbus
21h 26m$489–1,337Fly Zurich Airport to Kamloops Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kamloops Airport (YKA)plane ZRH - YKA
- Take a shuttle bus from Kamloops Airport to Sun Peaks Resort, BC
- Take a shuttle bus from Sun Peaks, BC to Kelowna Airport
21h$714–2,224Fly Zurich Airport to Vancouver International Airport, bus
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Vancouver International Airport (YVR)plane ZRH - YVR
- Take the bus from Vancouver - Pacific Station to Kelowna - 516 Lawrence Avebus
18h 43mTrain, train to Frankfurt, fly to Kelowna International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Kelowna International Airport (YLW)plane FRA - YLW
19h 7m$561–1,094
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kelowna International Airport (YLW) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Kelowna is to train and fly which costs $500 - $1,100 and takes 18h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Kelowna is to fly which takes 15h 33m and costs $350 - $1,400.
The distance between Zurich and Kelowna is 8117 km.
It takes approximately 15h 33m to get from Zurich to Kelowna, including transfers.
Kelowna is 8h behind Zurich. It is currently 3:08 AM in Zurich and 7:08 PM in Kelowna.
There are 184+ hotels available in Kelowna.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Kelowna, BC, Canada?
Edelweiss Air, Air Canada, and two other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kelowna International Airport (YLW) 3 times a week.
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kelowna International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kelowna International Airport via Dublin, Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Basel to Kelowna International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Basel to Kelowna International Airport via Frankfurt, Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–950
Flights from Basel to Kelowna International Airport via Dublin, Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Basel to Kelowna International Airport via Frankfurt, Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
Flights from Basel to Kelowna International Airport via London Heathrow, Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Penticton Regional Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Kelowna International Airport via Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Kelowna International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kelowna International Airport via Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 13m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Basel to Kelowna International Airport via Frankfurt, Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 33m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kamloops Airport via Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kamloops Airport via Frankfurt, Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vancouver International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 23m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Kelowna International Airport via Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 58m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kelowna International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Basel to Kelowna International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Edmonton
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Basel to Kelowna International Airport via Frankfurt, Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to Penticton Regional Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Penticton Regional Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Kelowna International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Kelowna International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Edmonton
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Kelowna International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Website
- pacificcoastal.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Penticton Regional Airport via Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 6m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Penticton Regional Airport via Frankfurt, Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vancouver International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–17
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–17
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +1 844 442 2212
- [email protected]
- Website
- South Okanagan - Similkameen
Bus from Wade & Winnipeg to Queensway Exch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- South Okanagan - Similkameen
- Single Ride - All Passengers
- $3
- Phone
- (250) 554-8005
- [email protected]
- Website
- Sun Star Shuttle
Shuttle from Kamloops Airport to Sun Peaks Resort, BC
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- Sun Star Shuttle
- Adult One-Way
- $55
- Adult Round Trip
- $110
Shuttle from Sun Peaks, BC to Kelowna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $150–300
- Website
- Sun Star Shuttle
- Adult One-way
- $150
- Adult Round Trip
- $300
- Phone
- +1 877 769 3287
- [email protected]
- Website
- EBus
Bus from Vancouver - Pacific Station to Kelowna - 516 Lawrence Ave
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Website
- EBus
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