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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Austin, TX to New York, NY?
Book the flightFlying is cheaper by
$174
In the car
30h 1m
Flying is calmer by
29%
Car 97 · Flight 69
6h 52m by air, only 3h 36m of it flying. 1 in 5 run late.
How this was priced
Austin, TX to New York, NY is 1,743 mi by road — 30h 1m of driving and 10 Supercharger stops — against 6h 52m door to door by air. Flying is the better call: the flight costs $439 against $614 to drive, and it saves 23h 9m of travel. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 97 and the flight 69.
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 21 September 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-new-york-ny.json
- Last recalculated 2026-09-21 · checked 4×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.