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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Denver, CO to Tulsa, OK?

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Fly it. 1,116 km is more road than this trip is worth.

Denver, CO to Tulsa, OK is 1,116 km by road — 11h 28m of driving and 4 Supercharger stops — against 4h 57m door to door by air. Flying is the better call: the flight costs $260 against $256 to drive, and it saves 6h 31m 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.

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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.

Levittown, NY → Braintree, MA$566 saved·77% less stressful·231 mi driveTesla itSan Antonio, TX → McAllen, TX$535 saved·77% less stressful·239 mi driveTesla itBrownwood, TX → Tulsa, OK$510 saved·64% less stressful·414 mi driveTesla itSacramento, CA → Rancho Cucamonga, CA$489 saved·64% less stressful·419 mi driveTesla itLehi, UT → California City, CA$489 saved·45% less stressful·986 km driveTesla itShaker Heights, OH → New York, NY$431 saved·54% less stressful·452 mi driveTesla it

Just fly it

Long enough that the plane wins.

Sutherland, ZA → Cairo, EG155h 28m in the car·9,344 km of roadFly itMiami, FL → Seattle, WA55h 57m in the car·3,307 mi of roadFly itPortland, OR → Miami, FL55h 6m in the car·3,260 mi of roadFly itSan Jose, CA → Boston, MA52h 51m in the car·3,131 mi of roadFly itFresno, CA → Boston, MA52h 30m in the car·3,107 mi of roadFly itTampa, FL → Seattle, WA52h 30m in the car·3,099 mi of roadFly it

Closest calls

Within a rounding error either way.

Denver, CO → Oklahoma City, OK11h 16m in the car·1,092 km driveFly itVancouver, BC → Calgary, AB11h 33m in the car·971 km driveFly itDenver, CO → Tulsa, OK11h 28m in the car·1,116 km driveFly itNew York, NY → Miami, FL21h 56m in the car·2,072 km driveFly itFairlight, NSW → Noosa Heads, QLD12h 53m in the car·1,051 km driveFly itSeattle, WA → Reno, NV13h 8m in the car·1,134 km driveFly it

242 of these have been checked by a person. Latest: Austin, TX → New Orleans, LA, Lehi, UT → California City, CA, Kernersville, NC → Denver, CO.

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