Hong Kong gate renumbering - effective 28 March 2019
Mar 14, 2019, 4:46 am
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Hong Kong gate renumbering - effective 28 March 2019
Cathay Pacific has a news item about a forthcoming renumbering of some gates at HKG. This takes effect on Thursday 28 March 2019.
This is of relevance to BA passengers, because BA32 (the 380) often/usually departs from what is currently gate 15, and BA28 (the 777) often/usually departs from what is currently gate 16.
Gates 15 to 22 will become gates 5 to 12. This means that if BA32 uses the same gate it will be gate 5, and BA28 at gate 6.
If you use the map linked to from that article, you will need to change the floor to L6 to see the departure gates.
This is of relevance to BA passengers, because BA32 (the 380) often/usually departs from what is currently gate 15, and BA28 (the 777) often/usually departs from what is currently gate 16.
Gates 15 to 22 will become gates 5 to 12. This means that if BA32 uses the same gate it will be gate 5, and BA28 at gate 6.
Gate renumbering at Hong Kong International Airport
Effective from Thursday, 28 March 2019, gates 15 to 22 in Terminal 1 will be renumbered as gates 5 to 12. Please note that our lounge, The Deck, will subsequently be addressed at Gate 6 (currently addressed at Gate 16).
Further changes will be made in the North Satellite Concourse, following the completion of the Sky Bridge that connects Terminal 1 and the North Satellite Concourse in 2020.
Passengers are advised to check the location of the departure gate here if you are flying from any of the renumbered gates. For more information, please visit Hong Kong International Airport.
Effective from Thursday, 28 March 2019, gates 15 to 22 in Terminal 1 will be renumbered as gates 5 to 12. Please note that our lounge, The Deck, will subsequently be addressed at Gate 6 (currently addressed at Gate 16).
Further changes will be made in the North Satellite Concourse, following the completion of the Sky Bridge that connects Terminal 1 and the North Satellite Concourse in 2020.
Passengers are advised to check the location of the departure gate here if you are flying from any of the renumbered gates. For more information, please visit Hong Kong International Airport.
Mar 14, 2019, 8:33 am
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I wonder if there is any practical point to renumbering the gates. A gate number is just number, and nothing is moving, but there is a lot of work I imagine in updating maps/signs etc. But what is the renumbering accomplishing? I can see some upcoming confusion though as what is soon to become gate 12 is nowhere near the new gate 13. On one side it'll jump from gate 12 to 24, and on the other from 11 to 23. Doesn't seem overly logical. At least the 500 series gates were clearly somewhere else.
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Mar 14, 2019, 8:59 am
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OT, but was there originally a gate 14? I notice that the new plan does not have that number (although there will still be 4 and 44, amongst others).
Mar 14, 2019, 9:16 am
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Gates 01-04 are all in one zone (the southern arm). Gates 15-19 are all in another (the northern arm). The 20s and 30s all run along the main spine, and the two legs have 40s/50s and 60s/70s respectively. Knowing the gate number instantly tells you the area of the building in which its located, even if you then have to look for its precise location.
It's similar to the layout at T5. The 00s, 10s and 20s are all in T5A, 30s and 40s are all in T5B (and all of the 30s are on the west side of the building and all of the 40s on the east side). Similarly, T5C houses the 50s on one side and the 60s on the other.
The HKG renumbering will now rather undermine a large part of that zoning.
Mar 14, 2019, 9:37 am
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Because this gate renumbering takes effect just a couple of days before NS 2019 begins, I didn't include this refinement in the OP.
Mar 14, 2019, 9:47 am
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No, there was never a gate 9 or 14. Something to do with wanting even numbers of gates on the north and south concourse but i don't know why they chose to drop those specific numbers. Gate 20 wasn't there before either.
Mar 14, 2019, 10:39 am
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I noticed when i first went there years ago and noticed in the lift and having been back quite a few times since it's very common.
Mar 14, 2019, 11:43 am
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Mar 14, 2019, 12:01 pm
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1) 21/22 is changed to 11/12? whatttttt thats gonne be so confusing (12-19 is bad but not as bad)
2) i thought 9 was always there down there but i may be wrong...
3) this is done to facilitate the footbridge for the northern satellite? utterly foolish id say - gate 13-22? that would take u 5 mins more than 23-28
2) i thought 9 was always there down there but i may be wrong...
3) this is done to facilitate the footbridge for the northern satellite? utterly foolish id say - gate 13-22? that would take u 5 mins more than 23-28
Mar 14, 2019, 4:12 pm
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Did you see the part where they’re building a new bridge to the current satellite terminal? Once that’s built it will be walkable from the main terminal. So they want the numbering to be consistent so that people know they don’t need to catch a bus or train to that part of the airport, and so that the numbering follows the pattern of radiating from the point of entry to the terminal.