There are 6 ways to get from Zurich to Raleigh by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Zurich Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)plane ZRH - RDU
15h 21m$398–1,417Train to Basel, fly to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)plane BSL - RDU
16h 31m$430–1,509Fly Zurich Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO)plane ZRH - GSO
- Take the train from Greensboro to Raleigh Union Stationtrain
17h 47m$656–2,099Fly Zurich Airport to Wilmington International Airport, bus
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Wilmington International Airport (ILM)plane ZRH - ILM
- Take the bus from Wilmington Cape Fear Public Transit to Raleigh Bus Stationbus
17h 51m$438–1,372Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- 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 Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)plane FRA - RDU
17h 36m$488–1,602Fly Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane ZRH - IAD
- Take the train from Alexandria to Raleigh Union Stationtrain
19h 31m$479–1,100
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Raleigh is to fly and train which costs $470 - $1,100 and takes 19h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Raleigh is to fly which takes 15h 21m and costs $390 - $1,500.
The distance between Zurich and Raleigh is 4386 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 21m to get from Zurich to Raleigh, including transfers.
Raleigh is 6h behind Zurich. It is currently 8:02 AM in Zurich and 2:02 AM in Raleigh.
There are 479+ hotels available in Raleigh.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Raleigh, NC, USA?
United Airlines, Swiss, and four other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) every 4 hours.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Frankfurt, Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 43m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Wilmington International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 51m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Frankfurt, Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Frankfurt, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 1m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 43m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Frankfurt, Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 43m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 16m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Wilmington International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Wilmington International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Wilmington International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
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)
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Greensboro to Raleigh Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–50
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Alexandria to Raleigh Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $80–180
- Website
- Amtrak
- 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
- $50–230
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–65
- 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
- $65–120
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- $85–120
- 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
- $9–21
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Wilmington Cape Fear Public Transit to Raleigh Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- Greyhound
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