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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Dallas, TX to St. Louis, MO?
Book the flightFlying saves you
6h 29m
You keep $41
In the car
11h 27m
Car is calmer by
25%
Car 40 · Flight 53
4h 58m by air, only 1h 42m of it flying. 1 in 5 run late.
The two totals are near enough level, so this one comes down to what you value. Flying buys back 6h 29m of your day. Driving skips security, the bag belt and the airline’s timetable, and every extra seat in the car is free.
How this was priced
Dallas, TX to St. Louis, MO is 631 mi by road — 11h 27m of driving and 4 Supercharger stops — against 4h 58m door to door by air. Flying is the better call: the flight costs $316 against $274 to drive, and it saves 6h 29m of travel. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 40 and the flight 53.
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 2 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: dallas-tx-to-st-louis-mo.json
- Last recalculated 2026-10-02 · checked 6×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.