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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Monterey, CA to Dallas, TX?
Book the flightFlying is cheaper by
$173
In the car
28h 44m
Flying is calmer by
25%
Car 92 · Flight 69
6h 44m by air, only 3h 28m of it flying. 1 in 5 run late.
How this was priced
Monterey, CA to Dallas, TX is 1,668 mi by road — 28h 44m of driving and 9 Supercharger stops — against 6h 44m door to door by air. Flying is the better call: the flight costs $431 against $603 to drive, and it saves 22h of travel. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 92 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 26 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: monterey-ca-to-dallas-tx.json
- Last recalculated 2026-09-26 · checked 5×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.