Are you a gate camper?

The rise of the super-early airport arrival is a product of fear. But there are better ways to ensure you make your flight.

Have you started arriving at the airport gate early? Like, way early?

Mary Vogel has. For her upcoming flight from Chicago to Paris, she’ll get to the terminal more than three hours before her scheduled departure.

“I’m afraid there will be delays at the screening area,” says Vogel, a librarian from Glenview, Ill. “I don’t want to miss my flight.”

Vogel jo…