Originally Posted by
MitchRapp
How far away does a 3 hour drive from DCA get you? My limit on driving to work has always been 4-5 hours. That's about how long it takes to go to the airport, park, wait to board, fly to base, get bags, etc.. But at least I knew my car wouldn't leave without me on the last day. I'm just curious as far as traffic and what not. The option to drive to work makes this a whole different job.
Three hours can take you to the Norfolk/Newport News/Williamsburg area. RIC is two hours south. PHL is actually driveable to DCA. I know a guy, now at JetBlue, who drove to IAD.
The first time I was DCA-based, I bought a house in the eastern panhandle of WV. DCA was a 70-mile drive from there but, because of traffic, was frequently a two-hour drive. The second time, I crashed at a friend's house in Frederick, MD. That was about 90 minutes to DCA.