Gate availability in YYZ T1
Mar 31, 2019, 10:56 pm
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I think what interests me most is I can only recall a single gate delay at any of the other airports I traveled to (I had 30 landings elsewhere) (IAD, GSO, LGA, ORD!, STL, TPA, HOU, AUS, YVR, RIC, RDU, CLT, BKK, SYD, HKG, CGK) last year. But there were several at YYZ . . . some of those airports had multiple trips. I don't *think* it's actual gate availability except in the case of the 55 minute delay. The captain regularly says "we are waiting for a gate crew" and just that once said "we are waiting for a gate". I don't see a whole lot of people saying "oh me too" so that leads me to believe I'm just unlucky. I will see I suppose over the next few months if it continues.
Apr 1, 2019, 6:18 am
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I think what interests me most is I can only recall a single gate delay at any of the other airports I traveled to (I had 30 landings elsewhere) (IAD, GSO, LGA, ORD!, STL, TPA, HOU, AUS, YVR, RIC, RDU, CLT, BKK, SYD, HKG, CGK) last year. But there were several at YYZ . . . some of those airports had multiple trips. I don't *think* it's actual gate availability except in the case of the 55 minute delay. The captain regularly says "we are waiting for a gate crew" and just that once said "we are waiting for a gate". I don't see a whole lot of people saying "oh me too" so that leads me to believe I'm just unlucky. I will see I suppose over the next few months if it continues.
Funny enough, I think YYZ is better than it used to be... circa 2010-2012 I felt like nearly every shorthaul I landed on at YYZ had a large gate delay, even causing me some misconnects on what were on time landings.
Apr 1, 2019, 6:41 am
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My experience over the past two years has been about 50% of time the plane is waiting for a gate or ground crew upon landing. Delays vary from 5 or 10 minutes to almost an hour.
Apr 1, 2019, 7:03 am
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It is somewhat dependent on what gate you are landing at at YYZ. US-Dom short haul gates that serve Air Georgian (the ones at the far end of the terminal in the barn) are consistently terrible. Beyond belief. Pilots and FAs frequently mention it. Most other gates are merely worse than other airports.
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Apr 1, 2019, 7:14 am
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Make sense, I suppose. My flying 2010-2012 was almost entirely between Canada and the US, or vice versa, and mostly INTL nowadays.
Apr 1, 2019, 8:24 am
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I don't know if the term is still used but at the former YYZ T2, the previous similar "barn" section at the far end was nicknamed/called "East Beach".
Apr 1, 2019, 10:23 am
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It is somewhat dependent on what gate you are landing at at YYZ. US-Dom short haul gates that serve Air Georgian (the ones at the far end of the terminal in the barn) are consistently terrible. Beyond belief. Pilots and FAs frequently mention it. Most other gates are merely worse than other airports.
Apr 1, 2019, 10:33 am
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Apr 4, 2019, 4:01 pm
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