Originally Posted by
T-the-B
I'm confused. Why would the size of the airport have anything to do with the time requred for gate screening for any particulary flight? Does a 737 contain more passengers at a large airport than at a small one?
I speculate that TSORon is simply alluding to the fact that, while a 737 does not contain more passengers at a large airport than at a small one, a 777 can't usually land at a small airport. Large airports can handle large and small aircraft; small airports can only handle small aircraft.
Gate screening for large aircraft would presumably take longer than gate screening for small aircraft. Hence, the slight mis-statement that screening at larger airports takes longer. It's not the airport, it's the aircraft.