There are 4 ways to get from Basel to Madeira by train or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Madeira Airport (FNC)plane ZRH - FNC
8h 17m€159–331Fly from Basel
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Madeira Airport (FNC)plane BSL - FNC
7h 3m€100–261Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Madeira Airport (FNC)plane FRA - FNC
9h 28m€158–322Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Madeira Airport (FNC)plane MXP - FNC
12h 2m€113–404
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Madeira Airport (FNC) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Madeira is to fly which costs €100 - €270 and takes 7h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Madeira is to fly which takes 7h 3m and costs €100 - €270.
The distance between Basel and Madeira is 2789 km.
It takes approximately 8h 17m to get from Basel to Madeira, including transfers.
Madeira is 1h behind Basel. It is currently 12:47 PM in Basel and 11:47 AM in Madeira.
There are 5491+ hotels available in Madeira.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Madeira, Portugal?
easyJet flies from Basel (BSL) to Madeira Airport (FNC) 3 times a week.
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Madeira Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Madeira Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Madeira Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Madeira Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–220
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Madeira Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Madeira Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Madeira Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Madeira Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Madeira Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Basel to Madeira Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from Basel to Madeira Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Madeira Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Madeira Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Madeira Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Madeira Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Madeira Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Madeira Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–410
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Madeira Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Madeira Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–220
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Madeira Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–220
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- Trenord
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