Flights to Basel

Airport Basel - Euroairport BSL

Euro Airport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg is an international airport and company based in France. An agreement in 1949 gives the airport its international status, which is unusual for an airport. The airport is located entirely on French territory and has a Swiss customs sector, which is connected via a toll road to Basel.

Behind Zurich and Geneva, this is Switzerland's third largest airport and one of the five largest regional airports on the French side. In 2004, the airport was able to count approximately 2549 million passengers. Since 2005, passenger numbers have increased disproportionately as the British low-cost carrier easyJet has been based at the airport with a selection of destinations. In 2005, more than 3315 million passengers used the airport. In 2006, the airport counted more than 4 million passengers, the highest since it was opened, and was thereby able to beat the figure from 2001 (about 3.55 million).

The departures from the Euro Airport, administered by Swiss management, are operated under the destination airport of Basel, Switzerland (IATA: BSL). Flights under French management are operated with the destination airport Mulhouse, France (IATA code MLH). From both of these, the exits to Switzerland and France may be used.

When looking for a flights from the Euro Airport, both destinations should be searched for, a fact which many travel agents are not aware of, a flight Mulhouse - Paris CDG operated by Air France may be cheaper than Basel - Paris CDG by Swiss and vice versa. A ticket "BSL-CDG“ may well be issued with the transfer MLH. The section BSL to MLH is travelled by foot. In contrast to most other airports, on arrival the baggage reclaim area comes before passport control. Only after having picked up the luggage, do passengers pass through the Swiss or French border controls.

• URL: Official website
• Parking: Yes; paid parking – about 2300 short and long term spaces (CH) and 3600 short and long term spaces (F).
• Nearby cities: Basel (7 km), Mülhausen (22 km), Freiburg (51 km), Bern (73 km), Zürich (81 km)
• Directions by car: 6 km or 4 miles north west of Basel; access via Zollfreistrasse; motorway A35 / A3.
• Stations: Station in Basel SBB for SBB, SNCF and DB trains or SNCF Saint Louis.

Location

Opened in May 1946, the airport is located about 6 km or 4 miles west of Basel city centre and about 25 km or 18 miles southeast of Mulhouse and 70 km or 45 miles southwest of Freiburg, in the French department of Haut-Rhin in the municipality of Saint -Louis. It is the only airport in the world which is operated by two countries at the same time.

Motorists coming from France should use the A35 motorway, exit "Aéroport". From the Swiss side, use the toll free section of the A35 Nordtangente to the airport. Alternatively the terminal building is accessible using the D105 and D201.

Between the airport and Basel railway station, the airport bus number 50 operates a regular service. From the French station of Saint-Louis, use the number 11 shuttle bus operated by Distribus. There are also regualr shuttle services to Mulhouse and Freiburg. All current timtables are available either locally or on the Internet.