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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Boone, NC to Charlotte, NC?
Take the TeslaYou keep
$228
In the car
1h 59m
Car is calmer by
86%
Car 8 · Flight 58
3h 52m by air, only 36m of it flying. 1 in 5 run late.
How this was priced
Boone, NC to Charlotte, NC is 117 mi by road — 1h 59m of driving and 0 Supercharger stops — against 3h 52m door to door by air. Driving is cheaper: taking the Tesla costs $16 against $244 to fly, a saving of $228. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 8 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: boone-nc-to-charlotte-nc.json
- Last recalculated 2026-10-01 · checked 5×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.