Austin gate issue
There have been thunderstorms in Austin this evening so I decided to tune into liveatc to see how the airport is doing. It is 11:40pm right now.
There are 3 Southwest flights on the ground without a gate and 2 more in the air landing very soon.
Southwest has 6 gates in AUS with 5 occupied by planes parked overnight which they are not planning to move. They plan for all the late arrivals to cycle through one remaining gate.
Is this normal? How quickly can a plane unload and then move out of the way. I wouldn't want to be in the fifth plane in the queue for the same gate.