There are 6 ways to get from Indianapolis to Basel by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Indianapolis to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane IND - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
15h 33mCHF 340–954Train to Purdue University Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Indianapolis to Lafayette Amtrak Stationtrain
- Fly from Purdue University Airport (LAF) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LAF - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
17h 13mCHF 284–956Fly Indianapolis to Basel
- Fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Basel (BSL)plane IND - BSL
14h 35mCHF 304–1,205Bus to Covington, fly to Basel
- Take the bus from Indianapolis to Cincinnatibus
- Fly from Covington (CVG) to Basel (BSL)plane CVG - BSL
16h 9mCHF 470–1,430Bus, train to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Indianapolis to Gary Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Gary to Van Buren St.train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ORD - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
17h 22mCHF 307–486Fly Indianapolis to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane IND - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
17h 36mCHF 339–1,215
Indianapolis (IND) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Indianapolis to Basel is to bus and train and fly which costs SFr 300 - SFr 490 and takes 17h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Indianapolis to Basel is to fly which takes 14h 35m and costs SFr 300 - SFr 1300.
The distance between Indianapolis and Basel is 7320 km.
It takes approximately 15h 33m to get from Indianapolis to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 6h ahead of Indianapolis. It is currently 9:34 AM in Indianapolis and 3:34 PM in Basel.
There are 1324+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Indianapolis, IN, USA and Basel, Switzerland?
Air Canada and Air Transat fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Basel (BSL) 5 times a week.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Zurich Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–900
Flights from Indianapolis to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–950
Flights from Indianapolis to Zurich Airport via Toronto, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Purdue University Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 11m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Purdue University Airport to Zurich Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 1m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–330
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–330
Flights from Indianapolis to Geneva International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Zurich Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–900
Flights from Indianapolis to Zurich Airport via Toronto, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Indianapolis to Basel via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Covington to Basel via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–330
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Indianapolis to Geneva International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–950
Flights from Indianapolis to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Covington to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–340
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–330
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–330
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–550
Flights from Indianapolis to Geneva International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Covington to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Basel via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–1,300
Flights from Covington to Basel via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,800
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Covington to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Covington to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–420
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–29
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Indianapolis to Lafayette Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 219-926-5744
- Website
- mysouthshoreline.com
Train from Gary to Van Buren St.
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–8
- Schedules at
- mysouthshoreline.com
- Adults 14-64
- CHF 6–8
Train from Gary to Van Buren St.
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–7
- Schedules at
- Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Indianapolis to Cincinnati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–22
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Indianapolis to Gary Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–30
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
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