That's a long drive, but it beats the hell out of trying to find flights that work around your schedule, stress about whether or not you'll get on, or have to commute in a day early because your sign in is before any flights make it in. Or finishing a trip and not being able to go until the next day because all of the flights have left. You just don't realize how stressful and miserable commuting is until you've lived it. It might not sound horrible from the surface, but it is.