Originally Posted by
BergerPHL
Some of the aircraft for the morning flights are parked where the old overseas terminal was (Island Ave side of the airport); they are usually some of the last arriving flights from the night before. They do have to cross an active runway to get to the terminal, but the arrangement of having only one escort available when several planes need to be moved within a short period of time is often the cause for delays, IMHO.
I did notice that DL was boarding out of D3 on Tuesday morning, too. I forget what flight it was (it wasn't MEM, DTL, or MSP). Maybe ATL? I thought it was odd that they were using a gate that high up in D, although I have seen DL planes parked there in the AM from the night before