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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Madison, WI to Phoenix, AZ?
Book the flightFlying is cheaper by
$172
In the car
29h 37m
Flying is calmer by
27%
Car 94 · Flight 69
6h 47m by air, only 3h 31m of it flying. 1 in 5 run late.
How this was priced
Madison, WI to Phoenix, AZ is 1,683 mi by road — 29h 37m of driving and 9 Supercharger stops — against 6h 47m door to door by air. Flying is the better call: the flight costs $434 against $605 to drive, and it saves 22h 50m of travel. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 94 and the flight 69.
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 15 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: madison-wi-to-phoenix-az.json
- Last recalculated 2026-10-15 · checked 4×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.