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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Falls Church, VA to Las Vegas, NV?

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Flying is cheaper by

$380

In the car

40h 49m

Flying is calmer by

27%

Car 100 · Flight 73

2,405 mi by road13 Supercharger stops

7h 59m by air, only 4h 43m of it flying. 1 in 5 run late.

How this was priced

Falls Church, VA to Las Vegas, NV is 2,405 mi by road — 40h 49m of driving and 13 Supercharger stops — against 7h 59m door to door by air. Flying is the better call: the flight costs $512 against $892 to drive, and it saves 32h 50m of travel. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 100 and the flight 73.

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 14 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: falls-church-va-to-las-vegas-nv.json
  • Last recalculated 2026-10-14 · checked 2×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.