Why anyone flies to anywhere within 400 miles is a mystery.
Takes less time and costs less to drive your own car.
It has taken me as little as 5 1/2 hours to get from Orange County to San Francisco by car. Going there by plane would take far longer, as one must factor in the drive to the airport, probably through heavy traffic, getting parked and shuttled to the terminal, the check-in, the TSA checkpoint, the flight, the baggage claim, and finally the car rental process.
i would rather take a 2 to 3-hour roundtrip flight for $200 bucks than a 10-hour roundtrip road trip... for instance, if i were going to LA or Palm Springs from the Bay Area... especially if i were only going for a long weekend... i just took a road trip to Vegas (about 500 miles)... 9 hours to get there, 9 hours back... stayed for 8 days... wish i would have flown...