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Old Apr 20, 2021 | 7:54 pm
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Originally Posted by flyer703
We're talking one gate on the end of the terminal- two arrivals/departures a day. No big deal... Think of how cool it would be
At peak, AA operates 255 flights/day out of 32 gates at DCA. That is 8 flights per gate, very high utilization- they cannot afford to lose a gate at any point in the day to accommodate a 787.
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