SFO to renumber all gates
Sep 28, 2019, 1:19 am
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Oct 17, 2019, 1:40 pm
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https://crankyflier.com/2019/10/17/s...-gate-numbers/
As of yesterday, every single gate at SFO has officially been re-numbered. Now, the terminals become somewhat irrelevant and instead, it’s the concourses that matter more. As was the case in the International Terminal before, each gate will start with the letter of the concourse. But instead of having the numbers increase around the circle, each concourse will now start with gate 1
As of yesterday, every single gate at SFO has officially been re-numbered. Now, the terminals become somewhat irrelevant and instead, it’s the concourses that matter more. As was the case in the International Terminal before, each gate will start with the letter of the concourse. But instead of having the numbers increase around the circle, each concourse will now start with gate 1
Oct 31, 2019, 11:57 am
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With the exception of United (E, F and G) no airline uses gates in multiple "wings" and the check-in counters are near to the entrances to the relevant wings, so the odds of ending up in the wrong place is low.
For United I can see (especially) E and F getting confused by some people - especially given that they do share check-in and security.
For United I can see (especially) E and F getting confused by some people - especially given that they do share check-in and security.
Oct 31, 2019, 2:53 pm
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Nov 1, 2019, 11:06 am
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We flew out recently and didn’t have any problem finding our gate.
We flew out recently and didn’t have any problem finding our gate.The terminals haven’t changed just the numbering.
Nov 1, 2019, 2:52 pm
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Also, they've changed the gate numbering sequences so when I scrambled over to E7 yesterday, I was looking left thinking that E7 would be where gate 67 was. Nope - what was 62 to the right is now E7 and gates are no longer consecutively numbered. Why, for instance are E1, E2 and E3 outside the primary pier for the E gates? Yeesh.
David
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Nov 1, 2019, 3:04 pm
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Also, they've changed the gate numbering sequences so when I scrambled over to E7 yesterday, I was looking left thinking that E7 would be where gate 67 was. Nope - what was 62 to the right is now E7 and gates are no longer consecutively numbered. Why, for instance are E1, E2 and E3 outside the primary pier for the E gates? Yeesh.
David
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They could have gone E4, E6, E8, E10 down that side...EDIT: I just looked at the map again and B is even worse
Nov 1, 2019, 3:07 pm
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Nov 5, 2019, 6:49 am
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The Devil is always in the detail with these sorts of changes and they appear to have dropped the ball badly on consistency. It's a shame as they had a blank canvas, whereas numbering usually is constrained by a legacy of random expansions.
Nov 5, 2019, 8:41 am
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Whoever was assigned the renumbering task really needs to be taken out, blindfolded and forced to ask strangers around SFO how to get from one ill conceived gate number to another in a separate terminal.
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Feb 17, 2022, 12:40 pm
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Noticed that Google maps (Android and mobile web site at least) still shows the old gate numbers 2+ years later...
Feb 17, 2022, 1:40 pm
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Feb 18, 2022, 7:55 pm
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Google still shows the old T1 building, although it shows some of the restaurants in the new terminal, a couple of which appear on the map like they are on the apron.