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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Denver, CO to Oklahoma City, OK?
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Fly it. 1,092 km is more road than this trip is worth.
Denver, CO to Oklahoma City, OK is 1,092 km by road — 11h 16m of driving and 4 Supercharger stops — against 4h 51m door to door by air. Flying is the better call: the flight costs $254 against $255 to drive, and it saves 6h 25m of travel. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 40 and the flight 52.
Priced with fast charging at $0.36 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 15 September 2026.
Checking the route…
430 city pairs, run through the same math
Sometimes the car wins. Sometimes the plane does.
Real driving distances from Google, the same cost and stress model your trip gets. Blue lines are the ones where the Tesla won.
Car wins
274
Average $301 kept on those trips, in US dollars at fixed rates.
Plane wins
135
Long enough that the road stops making sense.
Too close to call
21
Either choice is defensible. Your call.
Biggest money wins
Where flying costs the most.
Just fly it
Long enough that the plane wins.
Closest calls
Within a rounding error either way.
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