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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Phoenix, AZ to Deer, AR?
Book the flightYou keep
$196
In the car
21h 35m
Flying is calmer by
13%
Car 71 · Flight 62
5h 44m by air, only 2h 28m of it flying. 1 in 5 run late.
How this was priced
Phoenix, AZ to Deer, AR is 1,243 mi by road — 21h 35m of driving and 7 Supercharger stops — against 5h 44m door to door by air. Flying is the better call: the flight costs $641 against $445 to drive, and it saves 15h 51m of travel. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 71 and the flight 62.
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 18 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: phoenix-az-to-deer-ar.json
- Last recalculated 2026-10-18 · checked 1×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.