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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Portland, ME to Tampa, FL?
Book the flightFlying is cheaper by
$176
In the car
25h 11m
Flying is calmer by
16%
Car 81 · Flight 68
6h 14m by air, only 2h 58m of it flying. 1 in 5 run late.
How this was priced
Portland, ME to Tampa, FL is 1,450 mi by road — 25h 11m of driving and 8 Supercharger stops — against 6h 14m door to door by air. Flying is the better call: the flight costs $398 against $574 to drive, and it saves 18h 56m of travel. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 81 and the flight 68.
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 13 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: portland-me-to-tampa-fl.json
- Last recalculated 2026-10-13 · checked 3×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.