I do a combined commute. (Delta NYC 757/67)
Commute out of Norfolk, VA with a less than 30 min drive to airport.
NYC based with an Ozone Park crashpad.
Crashpad is mostly for shortcall and the 1 day breaks between trips where it's not worth coming home or if weather looks crap and I go up the day before.

That said, I bid to minimize my commuting. I only commuted once, one way in December. After having 27 days in a row off.

I normally sit long call at home. There is a 3-4 hour window a day, where if I got called for an exactly 12 hour callout, I can make it, but I have no legal backup if I don't get on the next flight. Driving is my option if I don't get on. But then it's middle of the night, so no traffic.

Very, VERY rarely do I get less than a 16 hour callout. Unless it's for shortcall starting in 12 hours. That's common, but I also get 2 hours into short call "non contactable" if I let skeds know.

So I usually sit at home until a trip/shortcall pops, then try to JS. If it looks ridiculous, I will rent a car one way and drive up if I don't get on. It's about a 7 hour drive one way. Probably do the ground commute ever other month.

If the wife wants to go on a trip on months I hold a line, or I get a decent reserve trip far enough in advance, we will often drive to NYC in her car since non rev on a RJ to NYC is crap at best from ORF.

Drive car, drop her off at AirTrain, park in employee lot, meet her at the gate after checking in.