Gate Numbers
Dec 23, 2003 | 6:40 pm
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Gate Numbers
I've always wondered how airports number their gates. They never are numbered 1,2,3,4.... Instead, you have gate numbers 10, 12, 16, 22, 24, 26, etc. In YEG, they have no gate numbers range from 8 to 64, but none are odd numbers and none in the 30s. How are gate numbers assigned/determined?
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Dec 23, 2003 | 6:50 pm
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I can't think of one that doesn't use odd and even although I'm sure there may be some. These have both off the top of my head:
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LAX
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BOS
and last month YYZ just to include Canada.
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LAX
ORD
PVD
BOS
and last month YYZ just to include Canada.
Dec 23, 2003 | 8:08 pm
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I actually can't think of any airports that don't number their gates sequentially 
Like 1K, I can think of plenty of airports that are numbered sequentially.
Maybe I'm missing something and you're asking why they have odd numbers on one side and even numbers on the other side, but other than that, I can't think of any examples of what you're describing.
BTW, I can explain skipping huge blocks of numbers. Often, that is to allow for future expansion. An airport may buil out the center section of the sirport first, allowing for a future wing on either side, without having to renumber all of the gates.
[This message has been edited by robb (edited Dec 23, 2003).]
Like 1K, I can think of plenty of airports that are numbered sequentially.
Maybe I'm missing something and you're asking why they have odd numbers on one side and even numbers on the other side, but other than that, I can't think of any examples of what you're describing.
BTW, I can explain skipping huge blocks of numbers. Often, that is to allow for future expansion. An airport may buil out the center section of the sirport first, allowing for a future wing on either side, without having to renumber all of the gates.
[This message has been edited by robb (edited Dec 23, 2003).]
Dec 23, 2003 | 9:03 pm
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Well, it does seem that some airports start numbers again at 1 in each concourse (thus there's an A1-Ax, B1-Bx, C1-Cx, etc.) whereas others don't (PIT, for instance, where B concourse starts with B26 and C with C51 and so forth).
Dec 23, 2003 | 10:42 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by YZFman:
I've always wondered how airports number their gates. They never are numbered 1,2,3,4.... Instead, you have gate numbers 10, 12, 16, 22, 24, 26, etc. In YEG, they have no gate numbers range from 8 to 64, but none are odd numbers and none in the 30s. How are gate numbers assigned/determined?
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I've always wondered how airports number their gates. They never are numbered 1,2,3,4.... Instead, you have gate numbers 10, 12, 16, 22, 24, 26, etc. In YEG, they have no gate numbers range from 8 to 64, but none are odd numbers and none in the 30s. How are gate numbers assigned/determined?
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Funny, O'Hare starts gates at number one.
Frankfurt has single digit gates, charlotte has them, London, JFK, all have single digit gates.
I think you are missing the obvious, at some airports, they start at number one for each terminal, and count up till they run out of gates.
Dec 24, 2003 | 3:10 am
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At HNL, the gates begin at the number 6. I think this was so that if the gov't decided to expand the airport, they could add 5 gates without renumbering all the other gates.
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