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At some airports, certain business and elite heavy flights tend to be given closer or otherwise more attractive gates.
It's also somewhat historical in that many DCA flights exMSP have been continuing to use the same "low C" gate where the holding pen was built post 9/11 long after the DCA flights ceased to require special handling of passengers. Similarly, the ORD flights continued to often use the gates around F8 long after FastTrack (semishuttle) service was discontinued.