Originally Posted by
full of luv
Just curious since I've never done it, but how long do you have to leave to commute to a trip from South Lake Tahoe "down the hill" to make a SFO sign-in reliably?
3 hours minimum. 2 from SAC. Greatly depends on time of day, and where in Tahoe you are, how close to 80 or 50. Have to get past SAC before commute, then get hit by hwy 80 into the bay and over the Bay Bridge.
Flying is probably more reliable unless SFO has flow.
Bottom line is, it can be done and is being done, but it's hard to do. You never know what you are going to get traffic, and SFO-slightest cloud and they get flow times.