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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Richmond, CA to Florida City, FL?
Book the flightFlying is cheaper by
$570
In the car
52h 14m
Flying is calmer by
23%
Car 100 · Flight 77
9h 1m by air, only 5h 45m of it flying. 1 in 5 run late.
How this was priced
Richmond, CA to Florida City, FL is 3,069 mi by road — 52h 14m of driving and 17 Supercharger stops — against 9h 1m door to door by air. Flying is the better call: the flight costs $579 against $1,149 to drive, and it saves 43h 13m of travel. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 100 and the flight 77.
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 14 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: richmond-ca-to-florida-city-fl.json
- Last recalculated 2026-10-14 · checked 3×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.