During the past months of September and October, Delta has opened up many more gates at Terminal 3. While a few have yet to enter service, it sure is nice to have most of them back. In the process, all the gates have been renumbered from what they were previously. It's a sufficiently major change that we've installed a quick reference guide at the ground control position:
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| The newly-renumbered gates at Terminal 3. When everything is back open, there will be the ability to accommodate five widebody jets or fourteen narrowbodies. The dashed outlines show the location of widebody positions. Note that each widebody requires the space otherwise occupied by two narrowbodies. The gate flexibility is a great feature, but could be quite a challenge for scheduling. |
Captain Vector - glad to see you continuing your all too infrequent posts. With regard to T3 and Delta's ground ops around that complex, has Delta proposed to - or will - Delta operate the D-8 alleyway as a dual taxilane for narrowbodies maneuvering to/from T2 & T3 gates?
ReplyDeleteUnlike the D-9 and D-10 alleys, Delta doesn't control the D-8 alley. Not that they don't want to - they do. However we (the control tower) are not willing to relinquish control of that alley because of its close proximity to the end of the 24 complex. With the D-9 alley, they do have limited dual-taxi options depending upon aircraft types: A320-series and B737-series aircraft (and smaller) can use the east and west lines simultaneously; B757s and larger have to use the center line. I don't know the dimensions of the D-8 alley as compared to the D-9 alley, so I can't speak to whether or not dual-taxi operations could be possible. In earlier years, United operated the C-6 alley in a similar manner, but that is no longer the case.
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