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Old May 17, 2022 | 12:21 pm
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DCA Terminal/Concourse Renaming

MWAA posted the slides for tomorrow's monthly board meeting.
https://www.mwaa.com/sites/mwaa.com/...s%20Update.pdf

This is the current layout:

Effective June 5, 2022:
- Terminal A will be renamed Terminal 1 and contain Concourse A, Gates A1-A9.
- Terminal B/C will be renamed Terminal 2 and contain Concourses B-E, Gates B10-E59

Here is the new map after the changes are implemented:


This should make navigating the airport less confusing, especially for connecting passengers. I have only one question. How are they going to rename Gates 43C and 44C? I feel like having a gate named D43C would confuse some passengers which concourse to go to. Curious on everyone's thoughts?
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Originally Posted by bradleyl12
MWAA posted the slides for tomorrow's monthly board meeting.

Effective June 5, 2022:
- Terminal A will be renamed Terminal 1 and contain Concourse A, Gates A1-A9.
- Terminal B/C will be renamed Terminal 2 and contain Concourses B-E, Gates B10-E59

This should make navigating the airport less confusing, especially for connecting passengers. I have only one question. How are they going to rename Gates 43C and 44C? I feel like having a gate named D43C would confuse some passengers which concourse to go to. Curious on everyone's thoughts?
LOVE IT! The B/C thing was always bizarre considering it was one terminal with three (now four) gate areas but two terminals (??). This is much more logical and should end a lot of the confusion. I agree with you that they should use this opportunity to rename the xxC gates - maybe simply change to xxA ?

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Old May 18, 2022 | 12:16 am
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Originally Posted by flyer703
LOVE IT! The B/C thing was always bizarre considering it was one terminal with three (now four) gate areas but two terminals (??). This is much more logical and should end a lot of the confusion. I agree with you that they should use this opportunity to rename the xxC gates - maybe simply change to xxA ?
Naw - D43X.

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Old May 18, 2022 | 2:23 pm
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Naw - D43X.

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Old May 20, 2022 | 8:59 am
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LOVE IT! The B/C thing was always bizarre considering it was one terminal with three (now four) gate areas but two terminals (??). This is much more logical and should end a lot of the confusion. I agree with you that they should use this opportunity to rename the xxC gates - maybe simply change to xxA ?
Originally Posted by bradleyl12
MWAA posted the slides for tomorrow's monthly board meeting.
https://www.mwaa.com/sites/mwaa.com/...s%20Update.pdf

This is the current layout:

Effective June 5, 2022:
- Terminal A will be renamed Terminal 1 and contain Concourse A, Gates A1-A9.
- Terminal B/C will be renamed Terminal 2 and contain Concourses B-E, Gates B10-E59

Here is the new map after the changes are implemented:


This should make navigating the airport less confusing, especially for connecting passengers. I have only one question. How are they going to rename Gates 43C and 44C? I feel like having a gate named D43C would confuse some passengers which concourse to go to. Curious on everyone's thoughts?
That would be a little too much progressivism. They are still going to be 43C and 44C.

use this link and zoom in to see the details Reagan National Airport (flyreagan.com)

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Old May 23, 2022 | 11:10 am
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Umm. Why the need for Terminal #s? Just say Terminal A, B, C, D, E with corresponding gates with their letter/numbers. Makes the airport sound "bigger" (it's got FIVE terminals). For roadway signage the parking deck, drop off point, security checkpoint would just be keyed to terminal letter.
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Umm. Why the need for Terminal #s?
I like "Terminal 1" (what's left of the old terminal) and "Terminal 2" (the 'new' terminal built in 1997). It makes sense since within each terminal you can connect to any gate inside of security.

Speaking of the old terminal, when the 'new' terminal opened, I thought there was a plan to restore gates in some of the old terminal between the 'banjo' (current A gates) and the historic, original terminal. Guessing that's never going to happen...?
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Old May 25, 2022 | 4:04 pm
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Originally Posted by jsnydcsa
35X FOREVER!

Umm. Why the need for Terminal #s? Just say Terminal A, B, C, D, E with corresponding gates with their letter/numbers. Makes the airport sound "bigger" (it's got FIVE terminals). For roadway signage the parking deck, drop off point, security checkpoint would just be keyed to terminal letter.
you cant go between the two terminals post security. Chicago ohell has letters for concourses and terminal numbers.
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Old May 26, 2022 | 12:39 pm
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you cant go between the two terminals post security. Chicago ohell has letters for concourses and terminal numbers.
Correct. While there is a walkway between the old (T1) and the new (T2) terminals, it is not airside - it is outside sterile area. To access T2 coming from T1 one would most likely use the South Security Checkpoint.
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Old May 26, 2022 | 4:24 pm
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Correct. While there is a walkway between the old (T1) and the new (T2) terminals, it is not airside - it is outside sterile area. To access T2 coming from T1 one would most likely use the South Security Checkpoint.
Which makes sense that there would be two terminals. I think WMAA [finally] got it right this time.
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Old May 27, 2022 | 9:23 am
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Originally Posted by flyer703
I like "Terminal 1" (what's left of the old terminal) and "Terminal 2" (the 'new' terminal built in 1997). It makes sense since within each terminal you can connect to any gate inside of security.

Speaking of the old terminal, when the 'new' terminal opened, I thought there was a plan to restore gates in some of the old terminal between the 'banjo' (current A gates) and the historic, original terminal. Guessing that's never going to happen...?
While there are plans to renovate some of that area of the historic building, I have not heard of any plans to add gates there. There are plans to take down the south side hangar buildings (where the Signature Aviation/FBO, USCG and TSA are currently located) and turn those into gates. At one point there was talk of converting them into MWAA offices (to replace the bldg removed to make way for the new E gates) but those offices will go in the construction that is slated for the area where the Engineering, Maintenance and public safety offices are currently located just west of the rental car/parking garage A). Cool trivia - those buildings were once govt physics/materials testing laboratories - but I don't remember now for which agencies.
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Old Jun 3, 2022 | 10:55 am
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Originally Posted by Section 107
That would be a little too much progressivism. They are still going to be 43C and 44C.

use this link and zoom in to see the details Reagan National Airport (flyreagan.com)
Update: Gates 43, 43C, 44, and 44C will become D43A, D43B, D44A, and D44B on Sunday!
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Old Jun 3, 2022 | 3:33 pm
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Originally Posted by bradleyl12
Update: Gates 43, 43C, 44, and 44C will become D43A, D43B, D44A, and D44B on Sunday!
That makes more sense. But the map at the link I posted earlier does not reflect that, at least not yet.
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Old Jun 3, 2022 | 11:59 pm
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That makes more sense. But the map at the link I posted earlier does not reflect that, at least not yet.
Yeah, I think they are waiting until Sunday to update that. I got this info from looking at future departures in the AA app.
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