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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Charlotte, NC to Seattle, WA?
Book the flightFlying is cheaper by
$553
In the car
47h 52m
Flying is calmer by
25%
Car 100 · Flight 75
8h 25m by air, only 5h 9m of it flying. 1 in 5 run late.
How this was priced
Charlotte, NC to Seattle, WA is 2,819 mi by road — 47h 52m of driving and 16 Supercharger stops — against 8h 25m door to door by air. Flying is the better call: the flight costs $540 against $1,093 to drive, and it saves 39h 27m of travel. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 100 and the flight 75.
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 13 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: charlotte-nc-to-seattle-wa.json
- Last recalculated 2026-10-13 · checked 3×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.