Originally Posted by
jrl767
the issue is that some passengers can easily get confused and attempt to board the wrong flight ... I’ve seen it even more interesting when BWI, also departing within the same 10-20-min window, has been at an adjacent gate or right across the hall
BWI should show as Baltimore. IAD/DCA I could get as both are called Washington first.
Regardless having next to each other makes easy if need to move passenger to another flight. Also means if passenger looks up wrong flight, they're at most two gates away. Same is normally done for NYC airports.