LANE: What time is it?
RORY: It’s eight. What time do you leave?
LANE: I have a ten o’clock flight.
If it’s 8 pm and Lane’s flight is at 10 pm, shouldn’t she be at the airport already, or at least on her way there? Most airlines recommend you arrive 2-3 hours before an international flight. This was shortly before 9/11, when travel security was less of an issue, but even before then, 90 minutes prior to the flight was the minimum, and Hartford is half an hour’s drive away.
The Annotated Gilmore Girls 