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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Tucson, AZ to Phoenix, AZ?
Take the TeslaYou keep
$243
In the car
1h 42m
Car is calmer by
86%
Car 8 · Flight 59
4h 5m by air, only 49m of it flying. 1 in 5 run late.
How this was priced
Tucson, AZ to Phoenix, AZ is 112 mi by road — 1h 42m of driving and 0 Supercharger stops — against 4h 5m door to door by air. Driving is cheaper: taking the Tesla costs $15 against $258 to fly, a saving of $243. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 8 and the flight 59.
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: tucson-az-to-phoenix-az.json
- Last recalculated 2026-10-13 · checked 9×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.