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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Los Angeles, CA to Las Vegas, HN?
Book the flightFlying is cheaper by
$758
In the car
62h 25m
Flying is calmer by
17%
Car 100 · Flight 83
9h 9m by air, only 5h 13m of it flying. 1 in 5 run late.
How this was priced
Los Angeles, CA to Las Vegas, HN is 2,963 mi by road — 62h 25m of driving and 16 Supercharger stops — against 9h 9m door to door by air. Flying is the better call: the flight costs $544 against $1,301 to drive, and it saves 53h 17m of travel. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 100 and the flight 83.
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 28 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: los-angeles-ca-to-las-vegas-hn.json
- Last recalculated 2026-09-28 · checked 4×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.