Originally Posted by
physioprof
Sorry, my bad! It was UA1877 EWR-SNA, not EWR-SFO. And yes, it was from gate B40. This is the first time I've ever experienced a EWR-SNA flight out of Terminal B, and I fly that route a ton.
I'm not sure that the gate 40/41 assignments are destination specific. AFAIK, those two gates can only accept B737 and A319/320 aircraft so any flights on those aircraft could be assigned to them.
It would be nice is they could reconfigure those two gates for the E170/175 aircraft as that would cut the number of passenger who have to make the trek to "B" and cut the crowding in the gate area.