coolem,
I detect a flaw in your thinking. It partly stems from a ridiculous statement made in the mid-1960s by the late American singer, Gene Pitney.
Portsmouth is not 1 hour from Hurn anymore than Pitney was "24 Hours from Tulsa". - Velocity has a major role to play in both calculations.
Incldentally, the commonly used units for expressing the distance between Bournemouth and Portsmouth, (or indeed any other points on the Earth's surface), are Statute/Nautical Miles or Kilometres.
Now, If you travel 2 hours a day from/to Portsmouth as opposed to, (say), 30 minutes each way to Boscombe, over a 45 week course, that equates to over 9 days of lost studying time.
The last time I visited Hurn Airport, there were no hotels or guest houses within walking distance.