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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Lorain, OH to Spanish Fork, UT?
Book the flightFlying is cheaper by
$167
In the car
29h 53m
Flying is calmer by
28%
Car 97 · Flight 70
6h 59m by air, only 3h 43m of it flying. 1 in 5 run late.
How this was priced
Lorain, OH to Spanish Fork, UT is 1,745 mi by road — 29h 53m of driving and 10 Supercharger stops — against 6h 59m door to door by air. Flying is the better call: the flight costs $447 against $614 to drive, and it saves 22h 53m of travel. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 97 and the flight 70.
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: lorain-oh-to-spanish-fork-ut.json
- Last recalculated 2026-10-14 · checked 4×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.