Have you tried checking the rates from GGG to DFW to DC? I fly out at least 10 times a year and found that if you book it right, flying out of GGG is just as cheap (sometimes the rates are so good, it is cheaper to fly from GGG to Little Rock than to drive.)
I fly for business maybe 6 to 8 times per year. When I first moved to Longview I occasionally flew out of GGG. I soon found, however, that as often as not I could leave just as late if I drove to DFW and took a direct flight as I could by taking one of the 3 (now 2, I believe) daily flights out of GGG, making a connecting flight, and going wherever I need to go.
Besides, I kind of enjoy that 2 1/2 hour drive. I listen to Patriot channel 144 on my satellite radio, smoke a cigar.....it’s actually fairly relaxing.
Hank