There are 4 ways to get from Zurich to North Pole by plane or train
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Fly from Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fairbanks (FAI)plane ZRH - FAI
24h 57m$491–1,422Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Fairbanks (FAI)plane MXP - FAI
28h 24m$497–1,442Train, 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 Fairbanks (FAI)plane FRA - FAI
25h 27m$562–1,714Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Fairbanks (FAI)plane BSL - FAI
27h 2m$547–1,525
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fairbanks (FAI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to North Pole is to train and fly which costs $490 - $1,500 and takes 28h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to North Pole is to fly which takes 24h 57m and costs $490 - $1,500.
The distance between Zurich and North Pole is 4641 miles.
It takes approximately 24h 57m to get from Zurich to North Pole, including transfers.
North Pole is 10h behind Zurich. It is currently 12:38 PM in Zurich and 2:38 AM in North Pole.
There are 133+ hotels available in North Pole.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and North Pole, AK, USA?
Condor Flugdienst, Alaska Airlines, Inc., and Lufthansa fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fairbanks (FAI) once daily.
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fairbanks via Frankfurt, Anchorage
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 48m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Fairbanks via Frankfurt, Anchorage
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 26m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Fairbanks via Anchorage
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 51m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Fairbanks via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Basel to Fairbanks via Frankfurt, Anchorage
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 31m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Basel to Fairbanks via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Frankfurt, Anchorage
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 26m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Basel to Fairbanks via Munich, Frankfurt, Anchorage
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 26m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fairbanks via Frankfurt, Anchorage
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 39m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Fairbanks via Frankfurt, Anchorage
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 16m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Fairbanks via Anchorage
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 51m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Fairbanks via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Basel to Fairbanks via Frankfurt, Anchorage
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 31m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Basel to Fairbanks via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Frankfurt, Anchorage
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 26m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Basel to Fairbanks via Munich, Frankfurt, Anchorage
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 26m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Fairbanks via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 19m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–1,600
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–230
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/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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