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 6m$438–1,319Fly Zurich Airport to Wilmington International Airport, bus
cheapest- 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
18h 39m$430–1,274Train 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 32m$895–1,321Fly 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 30m$660–2,006Train, 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 35m$490–1,600Fly 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 36m$604–1,222
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 $600 - $1,300 and takes 19h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Raleigh is to fly which takes 15h 6m and costs $430 - $1,400.
The distance between Zurich and Raleigh is 4386 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 6m to get from Zurich to Raleigh, including transfers.
Raleigh is 6h behind Zurich. It is currently 2:03 AM in Zurich and 8:03 PM in Raleigh.
There are 459+ hotels available in Raleigh.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Raleigh, NC, USA?
American Airlines, United Airlines, 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
- $370–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Frankfurt, Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,700
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Frankfurt, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 39m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Wilmington International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
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 Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Frankfurt, Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,700
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Frankfurt, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 39m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
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 Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 21m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Frankfurt, Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 39m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
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 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 19m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Wilmington International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Wilmington International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Wilmington International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 36m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Wilmington International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- 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
- $500–2,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
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
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Greensboro to Raleigh Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Alexandria to Raleigh Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $95–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–220
- 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
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Wilmington Cape Fear Public Transit to Raleigh Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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