Originally Posted by
FriendlyPilot
Yep. We park NB planes at the WB gates in IAH all the time. We just stop doing that and we have a bunch of gates for WB planes. Also we are getting 14 more WB gates in IAD, 3 more in SFO (when construction is done) as well as another WB gate in LAX in Terminal 6. Also WB gate utilization isn't "maxed" so there is certainly room for more planes. Also we just got 5 more gates in ORD, but not sure how many of those can fit WB planes, but we can just stop parking NB planes at the WB gates like we do now. Also DEN also has substantial room for WB planes, just like ORD.
We have plenty of place to park the WB planes that are coming.
just to slow your roll a bit. The new gates coming at IAD next year are not all WB gates. It is 14 gates total for Terminal E (or 7 WB gates) and there will not be any FIS within the terminal until Tier 2 is completed (as of now sometime in 2030) so either connections will ride the people movers to C or to the main terminal to clear customs.
so yes more gates coming which is a good thing, just not as good as you hoped.