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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Fort Wayne, IN to Katy, TX?
Book the flightFlying saves you
14h 34m
Flying is cheaper by $15
In the car
20h 7m
Stress
About even
Car 65 · Flight 60
5h 33m by air, only 2h 17m of it flying. 1 in 5 run late.
The two totals are near enough level, so this one comes down to what you value. Flying buys back 14h 34m of your day. Driving skips security, the bag belt and the airline’s timetable, and every extra seat in the car is free.
How this was priced
Fort Wayne, IN to Katy, TX is 1,169 mi by road — 20h 7m of driving and 6 Supercharger stops — against 5h 33m door to door by air. Flying is the better call: the flight costs $354 against $369 to drive, and it saves 14h 34m of travel. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 65 and the flight 60.
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 10 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: fort-wayne-in-to-katy-tx.json
- Last recalculated 2026-10-10 · checked 4×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.