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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Austin, TX to San Antonio, TX?
Take the TeslaYou keep
$242
In the car
1h 21m
Car is calmer by
88%
Car 7 · Flight 58
3h 60m by air, only 44m of it flying. 1 in 5 run late.
How this was priced
Austin, TX to San Antonio, TX is 80 mi by road — 1h 21m of driving and 0 Supercharger stops — against 3h 60m door to door by air. Driving is cheaper: taking the Tesla costs $11 against $253 to fly, a saving of $242. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 7 and the flight 58.
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 1 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-san-antonio-tx.json
- Last recalculated 2026-10-01 · checked 5×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.