Originally Posted by
emcampbe
... - when the ‘new’ T1 opened, the gates were all 3 digit numbers and didn’t use the letter designations ahead of the two-digit numbers until later (T3 might have been the same way, I’m not sure). ... For example, today, UA 5450 from ORD shows the arrival gate as ‘162’ - that aircraft turned as UA 5578 back to ORD, leaving from gate ‘F62’.
From a pilots perspective, 3 digit gate numbers are still used.
Originally Posted by
YVR Cockroach
YVR has a similar setup with at a good number of gates that switch between D & E depending on whether they'll be int'l or preclearance trans-border. There are also some (3?) gates that could switch between domestic and int'l.
48, 49 can be used for international arrivals followed by domestic departures.
50-52 can be used for either int'l or domestic.
There are 2 or 3 B gates that can be used for international arrivals followed by domestic departures.