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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Denver, CO to Amarillo, TX?
Take the TeslaYou keep
$210
In the car
7h 20m
Car is calmer by
62%
Car 21 · Flight 55
4h 35m by air, only 1h 19m of it flying. 1 in 5 run late.
How this was priced
Denver, CO to Amarillo, TX is 432 mi by road — 7h 20m of driving and 2 Supercharger stops — against 4h 35m door to door by air. Driving is cheaper: taking the Tesla costs $80 against $290 to fly, a saving of $210. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 21 and the flight 55.
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 20 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: denver-co-to-amarillo-tx.json
- Last recalculated 2026-10-20 · checked 1×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.