Originally Posted by kme9418

My preference (living in base) is 1 hour max from the airport. If you have an early RAP or early pushback (5, 6, 7, 8 AM), to start a 12-14 hour day, I wouldn't want to get up at 2AM and start driving. If you have to go in the night before, that starts to feel like living out of base. Same thing on the other end...land around midnight, driving more than an hour starts to become risky I think. Also, I've had back to back trips with not much more than 12 hours between. I think it becomes a fatigue issue.