Getting to EuroAirport (BSL, MLH, EAP) in France, Germany & Switzerland
Getting to EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg (BSL, MLH, EAP) by car, train, or bus is easy and cheap from Swiss, French (Alsace), and German Black Forest towns.
EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg (BSL, MLH, EAP) is generally easiest reached by public bus from Basel in Switzerland. Basel Airport is physically in France but operated jointly by the Swiss and French authorities. Easy public transportation is also available to towns in Alsace, France and the Black Forrest in Germany. Taxi2Airport can provide online quotations for transfers from the airport to any destination in Switzerland, France, or Germany.
Cheap Flights to Basel Airport (BSL / MLH / EAP)
Basel Airport has three IATA codes: BSL, MLH, and EAP. BSL is used most often but MLH is used for French domestic flights. EAP is valid for international flights to Basel Airport but many reservations services do not recognize the EAP abbreviation.
Use both BSL and MLH when comparing prices online – in some cases, especially with intercontinental connections, the exact same flights may be priced differently when using different codes.
Basel Airport is the most commonly used name but in German, it is Flughafen Basel-Mülhausen-Freiburg (BSL) and in French, Aéroport Bâle-Mulhouse-Fribourg (MLH).
By Car to EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg (BSL, MLH, EAP)
Basel Airport is only 5 km north of Basel (Bâle), 25 km south of Mulhouse in Alsace, and 70 km from Freiburg (Germany). Driving to the Swiss cities Bern, Luzern, and Zürich takes around an hour while Strasbourg is 75-minute drive away.
Taxis from Basel Airport are around CHF40 (US$37) to Basel, €35 (US$50) to Mulhouse / €50 (US$73) at night, and Freiburg €110 (US$160).
Private airport shuttle services need to be reserved in advance but do compare rates as fares and services vary.
By Bus to EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg (BSL, MLH, EAP)
Buses are usually the easiest way to travel to Basel Airport:
- Basel Hauptbahnhof (Central Station) can be reached in 15 minutes on very frequent buses (up to every 7.5 minutes during peak hours). Buses run from around 5 am to midnight. Basel has excellent rail connections to other Swiss cities as well as services to Alsace and Germany.
- Mulhouse / Mühlhausen Gare (Station) is half an hour by bus from Basel Airport. The airport buses run about every 90 minutes.
- The easiest connection to the French railway system is to take the Distribus from Basel Airport to Gare SNCF (station) in nearby St Louis. The Distribus takes only 8 minutes and runs few times per hour between Basel Airport and Gare SNCF St Louis, France. From St Louis, it is just over an hour by direct local train to Strasbourg with stops in amongst others Mulhouse (15 minutes) and Colmar (40 minutes). (High-speed TGV trains do not stop in St Louis but do in Basel.)
- Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) in the German Black Forest can be reached by direct bus up to 15 times per day in around an hour.
Basel Airport is popular with low-cost airlines making BSL a popular destination for cheap flights. Basel Airport is a good airport to fly to when visiting not only Basel but also Alsace in France and the Black Forest in Germany.
Based on Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport originally published on suite101.com.
