Originally Posted by
guflyer
For how long will CP 11 be closed? This is my favorite checkpoint. As some of the international carriers, such as LOT, do not use Precheck, I have found this checkpoint to be invaluable. I am hoping they will not make other changes to it aside from putting in a new walkway, as one of the things that makes it faster than the other non-precheck checkpoints is that it only has a metal detector and not a body scanner.
For now, indefinitely or until TSA drops the ball with staffing at CP10. Throughput at CP11 was 125 pph, CP10 is 250 pph so there's the mindset about throughput being key. This is also going to free up queuing space for the far east counters that take a big hit and bottlenecks down by door 5F.
Now that we're in the high peak of summer departures, we're going to give it a couple of weeks to see how this is working and if needed make some revisions then bring up the topic of business/first passengers using the wheelchair lane. Under this new configuration for those traveling, you'll see Clear has really been downsized with their footage near the document checkers. They understood the writing on the wall and really went out of their way to make it work.
Originally Posted by
xobile
I just found a schematic from the FAA for the TAP approval from 2022. Shows the terminal will basically be pushed out flush with the front of the existing walkways over the ATS, with some additional lanes being created on the other side into the hilly area where the flags used to be. Slide 27
https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/fi..._Chapter_1.pdf
Also shows the roadway revamp along the ATS and flyover ramp you mentioned.
A CTA stop at T5 would be great—even better if it can be a one seat ride instead of connecting to the ATS. Perhaps whenever the hotel gets built next to the parking garage they can all share a pathway to the terminal. Slightly more of a possibility now that the FAA recently started to allow airport fees to be used to actual metro/subway/heavy rail construction as opposed to the subway to a connecting airport transit systems that have been built across the U.S. since the 80s (after the Blue Line came to O’Hare)
The goal is to have folks drop off within the parking structure then take the walkways in. The bump out of the building doesn't include the concourses, just the front, concourses would be after the OGT gets built.
It's taken over 4 years, but things are finally falling into place. By the end of the year, you'll have an additional 10 concessions opening up. I believe Dunkin Donuts opens up on the arrivals level within two weeks. You'll also see a change to the Flight information and Wayfaring signage as that being redone too.