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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Istanbul, TR to London, UK?
Book the flightFlying is cheaper by
$307
In the car
35h 10m
Flying is calmer by
22%
Car 100 · Flight 78
7h 38m by air, only 3h 42m of it flying.
How this was priced
Istanbul, TR to London, UK is 3,033 km by road — 35h 10m of driving and 10 Supercharger stops — against 7h 38m door to door by air. Flying is the better call: the flight costs $421 against $728 to drive, and it saves 27h 32m of travel. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 100 and the flight 78.
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 19 September 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: istanbul-tr-to-london-uk.json
- Last recalculated 2026-09-19 · checked 2×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.