aserican

Kiro 7 reports that Seatac will be introducing bus gates "beginning next year". http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/sea-...-planes/npCPL/

Not much depth in the story or video report, but apparently POS already has 3 buses on site that they've been testing. We'll see what happens I guess

IceTrojan

Oh boy. Barrel of monkeys, those folks at the POS are.

AS Flyer

sounds like DL is probably going to be the carrier using the bus gates primarily.

Putzy

I've seen Southwest hardstand a inbound flight a couple of times at cargo seven around a month ago. The bus dropped them off at gate A6. I think this was a combination of testing/practice and the loss of gate B14 while taxilane construction was ongoing.

Alaska/Horizon will likely need to use them when the North Satellite extension begins. They will probably lose about six gates while construction is ongoing.

Unless the local economy tanks its something to get used to for the next decade.
http://www.portseattle.org/About/Com...RM_7a_supp.pdf

seacarl

Bus Gates, if they are done well, don't have to be bad. Ideally the bus gate area is close to the main terminal and has escalators to make it easy for wheeled luggage. So you trade off the bus ride for the walk down the concourse. If done really well, the hard stands have an escalator and jetbridge, though mobile stairs are certainly more typical.

If done poorly the bus gates are a pain to get to and you have carry your stuff down stairs.

Wonder which the Port will provide? One benefit of more intensive use of bus gates is that the gates can be closer together and less walking for connecting passengers. Quite a few international airports are intentionally designed with a large number of hard stands and bus gates. It really can work OK.

dayone

Please cite any US implementations where they have been done well.

Eastbay1K

There goes the MCT. And if you're in F, you could already be in the BR or at the next gate while still awaiting the bus to fill.

WhIteSidE

Uggh. I've been to LOTS of international airports with bus gates (in OTP, all domestic flights are bus gates). They're always a massive failure. The closest I've come to an acceptable bus gate is in LAX, where they have actual jet bridges and a sort of mini terminal (north of TBIT). Even then, however, it's a massive waste of time.

kileysmom

Never found a bus gate that works well.

missamo80

Woah, someone else on the AS forum has visited OTP!?

Neil

NoStressHere

Agree with that.

You and the rest of the cattle have to wait until the bus is full. Then wait while the driver decides he wants to leave.

Some similar goat rodeos:
Those terrible shuttles from one terminal to the main terminal at Dulles.
The now closed remote terminal at Cincinnati that served Delta/Comair flights. I hated that so much.

WhIteSidE

20+ times. I'll be back this coming week.

For bonus points, have you been to TSR and OMR (or ARW -- but no commercial service there, you have to flip a friendly local a few hundred RON to run you there in their C172)?

IWontRegretThis

Here Here

beckoa

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Even the EK F bus leaves something to be desired. Although remote stands can allow for some exciting tarmac views.

WhIteSidE

Just connect in LHR. You'll get all the tarmac views your heart desires.