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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Edmonton, AB to Airdrie, AB?
Take the TeslaYou keep
C$318
In the car
2h 39m
Car is calmer by
85%
Car 9 · Flight 59
4h 10m by air, only 54m of it flying.
How this was priced
Edmonton, AB to Airdrie, AB is 267 km by road — 2h 39m of driving and 0 Supercharger stops — against 4h 10m door to door by air. Driving is cheaper: taking the Tesla costs C$25 against C$343 to fly, a saving of C$318. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 9 and the flight 59.
Priced with fast charging at C$0.55 per kWh and 3.7 miles per kWh, airfare from a C$135 base plus C$0.17 a mile per person, one C$40 bag and a C$38 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: edmonton-ab-to-airdrie-ab.json
- Last recalculated 2026-10-02 · checked 4×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.