MacBook Air 11 '' lag and overheating

MacBook Air (11 inch, early 2015)

Processor: 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7

Memory: 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Storage: 500 GB Flash

Mac OS X 10.11.2

I got this macbook air for a few months and quite a lot of 1 day that I had to deal with a boring case of keyboard lag.  It doesn't matter what application I use.  Story is always the same.  Then in a few minutes (10-15) work (email, iMessage, browsing with safari (maybe 8 open tabs), pages or open Word) fan turns on and heat emanating from the back of this thing in pretty intense.

I tried to reduce the number of apps on my dock, reducing the number of tabs open in safari. No luck.

This is my second MacBook air. One who was a 2011 model had these questions and I had a lot more open about this most of the time.

Any ideas?

Thanks for your time!

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