Frankfurt am Main to Basel flight
Flights from Frankfurt am Main to Basel start at €31.41 and take 3h 58m at their fastest.
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The Flights from Frankfurt am Main to Basel starts at €31.41 and takes 3h 58m door to door, run by 2 operators over 305 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 58mDoor to door
- 48mMoving
- €36.13 to €67.40From
- 06:41 to 18:54First and last departure
- 8Per day
- 75.0 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€36.13 to €67.40 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €66.81Sat19
- about €67.40Sun20
- about €44.98Mon21
- about €45.57Tue22
- about €45.57Wed23
- about €57.37Thu24
- about €43.80Fri25
- about €44.39Sat26
- about €43.21Sun27
- about €37.90Mon28
- about €36.13Tue29
- about €38.49Wed30
- about €44.39Thu1
- about €36.72Fri2
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Airlines
The flight gets you into Basel. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Basel for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Frankfurt am Main to Basel
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €38.4990 days
- €25.0960 days
- €25.6445 days
- €31.4130 days
- €35.5421 days
- €36.6414 days
- €43.807 days
- €44.983 days
- €66.811 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €25.09.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 166 percent. The most expensive point is €66.81, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €43.21Sun
- €37.90Mon
- €36.13Tue
- €38.49Wed
- €44.39Thu
- €36.64Fri
- €44.39Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Frankfurt am Main
- FRA
- HHN
Basel
- BSL
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 78% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 22% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 305 km against 296 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Freiburg, Baden-Baden, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Mannheim. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Frankfurt am Main at 06:41 and the last at 18:54, across 8 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Flights against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 49m | 2h 5m | 44m | €31.14 | 9.8 kg | 10 |
| Flight | 3h 58m | 48m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 75.0 kg | 8 |
Questions about Frankfurt am Main to Basel
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Basel take?
The Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Basel takes 3h 58m door to door, of which 48m is spent moving. The route runs 305 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Basel cost?
The Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Basel starts at €31.41 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €34.07. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Basel?
2 operators run the Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Basel: Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa. Between them they file around 8 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Basel use?
The Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Basel leaves from Frankfurt am Main FRA and arrives at Basel BSL. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Flight the best way from Frankfurt am Main to Basel?
Traveling from Frankfurt am Main to Basel by Train costs €31.14 and takes 2h 49m door to door, against 3h 58m by Flight. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Basel?
Fares for the Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Basel bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €25.09. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 166 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Basel produce?
The Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Basel produces about 75.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 305 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Frankfurt am Main to Basel on September 18, 2026: 305 km of route against 296 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €31.41, and 3h 58m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
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