May 3, 2019, 12:20 pm
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DFW Terminal E Satellite open 3 May 2019
About 100 daily flights, mostly operated by Envoy linking DFW with regional American Eagle destinations such as Evansville, Ind., Harlingen and McAllen.
An Admirals Club is to open by the end of the year.
Concessions include a Dickey’s Barbecue Pit; a Whataburger is scheduled to in late May.
This will be an intermediate term solution while the new Terminal F, serving American and other airlines, is built; that is expected to take several years.
Fifteen new AA gates are in the newly opened Terminal E Satellite. It’s an extension of Terminal E, a small terminal building jutting out into the airfield on DFW’s east side. Travelers connecting to a flight at the satellite terminal must use an underground walkway, which is about 500 feet long but features moving sidewalks.
The entrance to the Terminal E Satellite is near gate E21.
Read more here: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/b...#storylink=cpy
The entrance to the Terminal E Satellite is near gate E21.
Read more here: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/b...#storylink=cpy
About 100 daily flights, mostly operated by Envoy linking DFW with regional American Eagle destinations such as Evansville, Ind., Harlingen and McAllen.
An Admirals Club is to open by the end of the year.
Concessions include a Dickey’s Barbecue Pit; a Whataburger is scheduled to in late May.
This will be an intermediate term solution while the new Terminal F, serving American and other airlines, is built; that is expected to take several years.
DFW Terminal E Satellite - Open 3 May 2019: 15 gates, Club to come
May 4, 2019, 3:50 pm
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The B stinger is connected to the terminal by an above-ground bridge, not a tunnel. At least the satellite and the stinger are both near Skylink stations, with both pretty much an almost-immediate U-turn between Skylink and their respective paths to the hinterlands.
May 4, 2019, 3:58 pm
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In B, 8 or 9 (it has been reported as both) regional gates convert to 6 mainline gates. Supposedly the low-B gates (but surely not B1-B3.)
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May 4, 2019, 8:01 pm
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May 5, 2019, 6:52 pm
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I made it down to HRL in alphabetical city name order of the scheduled departures and all were ERD. It's been posted that the satellite flights get an extra bit of connecting time. I guess that means that those flights are 'locked' into the satellite.
In B, 8 or 9 (it has been reported as both) regional gates convert to 6 mainline gates. Supposedly the low-B gates (but surely not B1-B3.)
In B, 8 or 9 (it has been reported as both) regional gates convert to 6 mainline gates. Supposedly the low-B gates (but surely not B1-B3.)
May 5, 2019, 7:53 pm
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B has been entirely regional from long before the merger. After the merger, L-US stayed at their legacy gates in E (E34-38, currently the OO Eagle gates.) until L-US was integrated into the AA gates. (I think there was an interim solution where US was sequestered into certain AA gates [Low-C, perhaps?] while the work groups were being integrated.)
May 6, 2019, 11:23 am
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My wife flew an ERD to JLN out of satellite last night. Delayed for new equipment and then again because they "couldn't get engines started due to no power on the jet bridge and had to bring a truck in" per the captain. Didn't make sense to me but what do I know. Maybe due to new jet bridge?
May 6, 2019, 12:51 pm
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Looks like my SWO/DFW Eagle flights are going in/out of the E terminal today, so I am assuming that I get to experience the new gates next week. I think it has been a decade since I've been in the E terminal!
Pros:
1. I see it as maybe more convenient as the stinger B gates from a connection standpoint (which is where my shuttle flights were coming/going from). I most often seem to be connecting to/from a flight in C anyways, which is closer to E than B, and the south end of the Skylink system isn't nearly so prone to the crush of passengers compared to the northside (where about 25% of the time, I have to wait for a second train before I can squeeze onto it).
2. With the new AC there, I think that is a major improvement. The AC in B is so far from the stinger (or the Skylink for that matter) that I rarely used it. I'd been going to the AC in C or A (wherever my flight is coming in from) and then leave early enough to make my connection in B (which never seems early enough anyways with the T-30 final boarding call habit). My guess is the AC will also be rather quiet (compared to B, which was packed every time I did use it).
Cons:
1. Maybe longer taxi time if we are still landing/taking off on the west side of the airport. SWO is nearly directly north of DFW, but the flight path has always been curved a bit to the west to land/take off on that side. Maybe it can be shifted to the eastside.
2. Biggest con is there is no airside travel path that doesn't require the Skylink. I have missed a connection due to a Skylink station being shut off (DFW did an F- job providing any information when that hapenned too). Is AA going to be accommodating if the skylink is on the fritz and you can't connect? My guess is that they will still stick to D0 with an empty plane).
Pros:
1. I see it as maybe more convenient as the stinger B gates from a connection standpoint (which is where my shuttle flights were coming/going from). I most often seem to be connecting to/from a flight in C anyways, which is closer to E than B, and the south end of the Skylink system isn't nearly so prone to the crush of passengers compared to the northside (where about 25% of the time, I have to wait for a second train before I can squeeze onto it).
2. With the new AC there, I think that is a major improvement. The AC in B is so far from the stinger (or the Skylink for that matter) that I rarely used it. I'd been going to the AC in C or A (wherever my flight is coming in from) and then leave early enough to make my connection in B (which never seems early enough anyways with the T-30 final boarding call habit). My guess is the AC will also be rather quiet (compared to B, which was packed every time I did use it).
Cons:
1. Maybe longer taxi time if we are still landing/taking off on the west side of the airport. SWO is nearly directly north of DFW, but the flight path has always been curved a bit to the west to land/take off on that side. Maybe it can be shifted to the eastside.
2. Biggest con is there is no airside travel path that doesn't require the Skylink. I have missed a connection due to a Skylink station being shut off (DFW did an F- job providing any information when that hapenned too). Is AA going to be accommodating if the skylink is on the fritz and you can't connect? My guess is that they will still stick to D0 with an empty plane).
May 6, 2019, 5:08 pm
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B has been entirely regional from long before the merger. After the merger, L-US stayed at their legacy gates in E (E34-38, currently the OO Eagle gates.) until L-US was integrated into the AA gates. (I think there was an interim solution where US was sequestered into certain AA gates [Low-C, perhaps?] while the work groups were being integrated.)
May 6, 2019, 6:05 pm
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I guess it could have been E, but it sure seems like B. It was a recently remodeled area with the bright white/blue colors like A, not the old look like C. And I remember it was at the very end of whatever terminal it was - the door to the jet bridge was against a wall.
May 20, 2019, 7:57 am
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Thanks to another AA MX delay I had about 4 hours to kill at DFW so I went to check out the new E satellite.
Moving walkways are already broken
What a sad looking concourse/terminal......only one real food place open and then vending machines.
Cheezy MUZAK playing over the speakers
Moving walkways are already broken
What a sad looking concourse/terminal......only one real food place open and then vending machines.
Cheezy MUZAK playing over the speakers
May 20, 2019, 8:13 am
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Thanks to another AA MX delay I had about 4 hours to kill at DFW so I went to check out the new E satellite.
Moving walkways are already broken
What a sad looking concourse/terminal......only one real food place open and then vending machines.
Cheezy MUZAK playing over the speakers
Moving walkways are already broken
What a sad looking concourse/terminal......only one real food place open and then vending machines.
Cheezy MUZAK playing over the speakers
There is supposed to be a AC there?
May 20, 2019, 8:27 am
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