Guide to the Milwaukee Airport
#796
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: MKE/MSN
Posts: 239
I see that starting November 1, Delta is upgauging the MKE-LGA route for one flight per day to a 717. This is good news for the route. I think that we all knew that it was coming, but it is nice to see that (for now) they are keeping the 5 flights per day. Hopefully the eventual upgauging on this route will not reduce the daily frequency. My guess is that we will always have one or two RJ's on the route, which is fine, because its nice to have the 5 flights per day.
#797
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 2,653
Certainly possible that Delta could downgrade that 717 flight as the flight gets closer -- Delta is known to adjust capacity a couple of months out. However I think this...as well as a single LGA-BUF flight staring in September...represent the first mainline flights for Delta on their LGA network outside of Florida and New Orleans. So this might well "stick" more than the routine adjustments from CR9 to CR7 to E75 that happen in the LGA system.
#798
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,638
Project for improvements at gates D54 & D55 at MKE now out for bid, with work scheduled for 11/2015 completion.
http://county.milwaukee.gov/ImageLib...ements.ADV.pdf
http://county.milwaukee.gov/ImageLib...ements.ADV.pdf
#799
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 2,653
Project for improvements at gates D54 & D55 at MKE now out for bid, with work scheduled for 11/2015 completion.
http://county.milwaukee.gov/ImageLib...ements.ADV.pdf
http://county.milwaukee.gov/ImageLib...ements.ADV.pdf
D51 Alaska
D52 current US
D53 vacant
D54 new jetway to be installed by November
D55 new jetway to be installed by November
D56 current US
My assumption was AA would use four jetways...D52, D53, D55 and D56, with D54 striped out of existence. Now, however, it seems there will be five jetways available for AA. I'd love to see them take all five...and it would help since they currently originate 7 aircraft out of 4 gates. A fifth gate would give them the opportunity to add something new like MIA or LAX. One can always hope...
#801
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: MKE
Posts: 614
#802
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: MKE/MSN
Posts: 239
I would've suggested to have another restaurant down there to replace something thats currently above D27-D29 to possibly accomodate a couple of more jetways above those three current lower level gates.
#803
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: MKE, formerly the closest FT-er to LAX
Programs: Marriott Gold. Usually WN or DL if in the air.
Posts: 704
Just out of curiosity, anyone know whether AS will have separate ground staff, or will they contract with another airline (most likely AA) to handle?
Also, it looked from a nighttime drive by that the north end of the baggage claim remodel is nearing completion. Just from looks it seems as though the exterior/roadway work is further from completion than the interior.
Also, it looked from a nighttime drive by that the north end of the baggage claim remodel is nearing completion. Just from looks it seems as though the exterior/roadway work is further from completion than the interior.
#804
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 2,653
Strangely enough the congestion in the stem could be worse now than it had been before with jetways on both sides. That's because in the old YX/F9 days D had a lot of connecting traffic which stayed in the concourse, and only a few gates were in the upper level of the stem.
Looking at the MKE monthly stats for April, here's the number of "screened" (aka local-boarding) passengers for concourse D:
April 2010 D local screened passengers
about 108k YX/F9+WN
April 2011 D local screened passengers
about 106k YX/F9+WN
April 2015 D local screened passengers
about 102k DL+F9+US (today)
about 119k DL+F9+US plus AA (all signs point to AA consolidation on D)
about 145k DL+F9+US+AA plus UA/AC (if United & Air Canada were to move to D)
Local passengers all come through security and go through the stem to get to the hammerhead. When AA consolidates on D (all signs point to that) D will screen more passengers than they did in the peak days. Except for those who take the moving walkway, they all walk through the stem upper level. If they were to ever put upper-level jetways on the south side of the D stem again, they'd probably need to widen the concourse one way or another.
I noticed that too -- though the official completion isn't targeted for several weeks it would be nice for them to open up the space and start using all the carousels sooner. Summerfest / July 4 / NML convention time is the big summer push, and having more of that open for passengers would be great. Hopefully they are able to make an early-soft-opening happen -- I think they'd like to.
#805
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: MKE/MSN
Posts: 239
The fixed D54 and D55 jetways will probably be the new AA gates. But what would happen to C10 and C12? Would Southwest take them and start adding flights and some more needed destinations from MKE? That'll be nice for them.
#807
Join Date: Oct 2010
Programs: My opinions are my own and not that of my employer(s)
Posts: 1,411
OneJet obviously doesn't need them. Keeping the walkways going on D has at the very least been a huge waste of electricity. For years.
#808
Join Date: Oct 2010
Programs: My opinions are my own and not that of my employer(s)
Posts: 1,411
Local passengers all come through security and go through the stem to get to the hammerhead. When AA consolidates on D (all signs point to that) D will screen more passengers than they did in the peak days. Except for those who take the moving walkway, they all walk through the stem upper level. If they were to ever put upper-level jetways on the south side of the D stem again, they'd probably need to widen the concourse one way or another.
I noticed that too -- though the official completion isn't targeted for several weeks it would be nice for them to open up the space and start using all the carousels sooner. Summerfest / July 4 / NML convention time is the big summer push, and having more of that open for passengers would be great. Hopefully they are able to make an early-soft-opening happen -- I think they'd like to.
Edit- View from above still shows a lot of glass needing to be installed. Weather could delay that. But considering the delays from last year the whole project is ahead of target.
Last edited by traveller001; Jun 21, 2015 at 11:03 pm
#809
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: MKE/MSN
Posts: 239
I had a thought that UA was moving to D along with AA. WN would have the gates in C all to theirselves if that was the case. But you could be right on that as D30, D34 and those two other empty gates are not really designed to handle RJ's. In fact most gates at MKE due to YX were designed to fit DC-9's or MD-80's at the time. Another possibility would be is for US and AA will move to those four gates plus one downstairs to handle RJ's and UA do the south hammerhead? UA only brings RJ's to MKE so it would make a little bit of sense to me.
#810
Join Date: Oct 2010
Programs: My opinions are my own and not that of my employer(s)
Posts: 1,411
If I was gambling I'd bet on Simplicity doing those flights as F9 is down to once per day. AS counter is right next to F9 far from US/UA.