Silver Fox

Perhaps I have not looked hard enough, but is there an airport app that shows the arrival gate of planes?

gfunkdave

ajGoes

Enter the flight number into Google.

Silver Fox

Thanks, I plugged in MAN for Manchester Airport and for love nor money I cannot see the arrival gate of planes. I wonder if you would be so kind to check for me if possible because I think I am losing the plot today!

ajGoes

Tell us exactly what you're looking for. Do you want to know which planes will arrive at which gates today at MAN? Click here to see today's arrivals. The airport doesn't provide gate numbers as far as I can see.

Silver Fox

No, it doesn't. So, when I fly SOU - MAN - SOU (Southampton-Manchester) on flybe the MAN-SOU flight is the turnaround SOU-MAN flight - however you have to wait for ages for the gate to be shown and then it is a scrum, usually, getting to the gate so if I know where the incoming plane has landed then I can hover closer to that area.

ajGoes

Now that I've looked a bit closer it appears MAN doesn't report gate numbers. They don't appear in Google's results or Flightaware.

timesnaps

Hope you dont mind I chime in here. I am also looking for a database that can show current and historic information about arrival gates. More over I like to be able to see whether a flight stops at a air bridge/gate or at a remote stand (using buses). Ideally be able to search by flight number and see whether the plane ends up at a remote stand or gate.

potjernik

I guess there is nothing out there really that covers the arrival gate consistently?
Yes, sometimes Google Flights, or Flightaware or TripIt will show, but that is not for all the airports at all. One way to figure out the arrival gate is knowing the next destination of the plane. For example, Flightaware can show where is the plane you're looking at flying from. But, there is no option to see where the plane is flying to. I tried by looking at the historical data of the plane, to see what is the most likely route they will be flying, but that is very inconsistent.

So, as a workaround, is there a way to find future destinations of a plane? It could be just few hours or a day ahead, not needed to know long terms scheduling. Anyone?

GUWonder

Flight Board app shows the arrival gates for a bunch of airports.

potjernik

But flightboard is iPhone exclusive.

Splendiz

In case you just want to know the arrival gate of your specific flight, Kayak does a great job. Most of the time I get a push message from Kayak telling me that the Gate has changed minutes before the Gate shows on the screens at the airports. Also lets you know of delays.
It doesn't show you an overview of all the flights on a specific airport though.