Originally Posted by
Jenbel
Doesn't pier refer more to a collection of airbridges? I always think of it in connection with a set of stands... the Victor pier etc.
Yes on both counts.
Much like the term "wicket" in cricket, "pier" can mean a lot of things in the same context.
For example pier 3 at Gatwick has 8 piers.
Piers are allocated by a department called stand planning who refer to remote stands as stands and terminal stands as piers. There is no department called pier planning.
It seems confusing on paper, but you figure it out quickly enough.