Delta’s LGA Concourse and Terminal Upgrades
Oct 28, 2019, 9:56 am
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It's really not that much of a walk. It'll still be nothing compared to JFK T4, for example. At the same Google Maps scale, JFK T4 on the left, LGA Delta terminal on the right with new concourse G on the far right. Looks like the walk from the terminal D headhouse out to the last G gate is the equivalent from T4 security to about gate 26, maybe 28. (I also imagine this won't be the permanent home of the shuttle flights; they're just being put there to use the nice new facilities first, and will eventually be moved to some centrally located new gates once those are available.)
Oct 28, 2019, 10:02 am
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To make it worse the SkyClub in D is even further to the left than the TSA Pre/Clear line. I use the Shuttles very frequently so this is kind of a bummer that they're getting sent all the way over to G.
Oct 28, 2019, 12:49 pm
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Hmm, I think most shuttle customers would care more about convenience than shiny facilities. I suppose a new/re-opened security checkpoint to the right-side of D would help if going directly to the gate, but as pointed out, that makes the SkyClub even more of a detour (arguably many shuttle pax don't arrive early enough to bother with the lounge). If they do open an additional security checkpoint, I wonder if it will have Precheck or Clear. Or maybe it would be shuttle-only, which would probably keep the lines down to a minimum anyway, and I guess they could do Pre-Check Light (keep shoes/light jackets on, but take laptop out).
Oct 28, 2019, 2:14 pm
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Hmm, I think most shuttle customers would care more about convenience than shiny facilities. I suppose a new/re-opened security checkpoint to the right-side of D would help if going directly to the gate, but as pointed out, that makes the SkyClub even more of a detour (arguably many shuttle pax don't arrive early enough to bother with the lounge). If they do open an additional security checkpoint, I wonder if it will have Precheck or Clear. Or maybe it would be shuttle-only, which would probably keep the lines down to a minimum anyway, and I guess they could do Pre-Check Light (keep shoes/light jackets on, but take laptop out).
Oct 28, 2019, 2:30 pm
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It will also mean some long walks for C-D (or, in future language, D-F/G) connecting passengers, though that will become a permanent feature of the new facility. Or I guess possibly the reinstitution of a C-D shuttle bus, depending on how much of the current eastern-C headhouse facilities they're planning to keep intact during pier E construction.
Oct 29, 2019, 7:17 am
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Oct 29, 2019, 11:10 am
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Oct 29, 2019, 11:17 am
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so are they going to wind up just numbering all the gates 1-92? That would be helpful, since currently LGA has duplicate gate numbers (though none for the same airline since the 2016 re-shuffling)
Oct 29, 2019, 11:28 am
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It's not clear if the concourse/pier letters are actually planned to be used publicly in the final configuration, or if they'll just be for internal use -- the new sections seem to have gates labeled with only a number, not a letter-number combo.
Oct 29, 2019, 1:05 pm
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Hmm, I think most shuttle customers would care more about convenience than shiny facilities. I suppose a new/re-opened security checkpoint to the right-side of D would help if going directly to the gate, but as pointed out, that makes the SkyClub even more of a detour (arguably many shuttle pax don't arrive early enough to bother with the lounge). If they do open an additional security checkpoint, I wonder if it will have Precheck or Clear. Or maybe it would be shuttle-only, which would probably keep the lines down to a minimum anyway, and I guess they could do Pre-Check Light (keep shoes/light jackets on, but take laptop out).