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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Ithaca, NY to Portland, ME?
Take the TeslaYou keep
$198
In the car
7h 43m
Car is calmer by
58%
Car 22 · Flight 53
4h 24m by air, only 1h 8m of it flying. 1 in 5 run late.
How this was priced
Ithaca, NY to Portland, ME is 431 mi by road — 7h 43m of driving and 2 Supercharger stops — against 4h 24m door to door by air. Driving is cheaper: taking the Tesla costs $80 against $278 to fly, a saving of $198. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 22 and the flight 53.
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 8 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: ithaca-ny-to-portland-me.json
- Last recalculated 2026-10-08 · checked 2×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.