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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Austin, TX to Las Vegas, NV?
Book the flightYou keep
$232
In the car
21h 59m
Flying is calmer by
13%
Car 72 · Flight 63
6h 3m by air, only 2h 47m of it flying. 1 in 5 run late.
How this was priced
Austin, TX to Las Vegas, NV is 1,270 mi by road — 21h 59m of driving and 7 Supercharger stops — against 6h 3m door to door by air. Flying is the better call: the flight costs $681 against $449 to drive, and it saves 15h 56m of travel. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 72 and the flight 63.
Priced with fast charging at $0.50 per kWh and 3.7 miles per kWh, airfare from a $95 base plus $0.13 a mile per person, one $35 bag and a $30 ride at each end. Airfare is modelled from flight distance, not a live fare quote, so treat it as a typical fare rather than today's price. Rates last reviewed 14 September 2026; this trip last priced 9 October 2026.
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- Distance and drive time come from live road routing, not straight lines.
- Every rate used is listed on Cost analysis and sourced on Sources.
- This trip as raw data: austin-tx-to-las-vegas-nv.json
- Last recalculated 2026-10-09 · checked 9×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.