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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Wake Forest, NC to Fair Haven, NY?
Book the flightFlying saves you
7h 1m
You keep $34
In the car
11h 55m
Car is calmer by
21%
Car 41 · Flight 52
4h 54m by air, only 1h 38m of it flying. 1 in 5 run late.
The two totals are near enough level, so this one comes down to what you value. Flying buys back 7h 1m of your day. Driving skips security, the bag belt and the airline’s timetable, and every extra seat in the car is free.
How this was priced
Wake Forest, NC to Fair Haven, NY is 653 mi by road — 11h 55m of driving and 4 Supercharger stops — against 4h 54m door to door by air. Flying is the better call: the flight costs $312 against $277 to drive, and it saves 7h 1m of travel. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 41 and the flight 52.
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 12 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: wake-forest-nc-to-fair-haven-ny.json
- Last recalculated 2026-10-12 · checked 4×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.