How are airline gates assigned?

Some airports assign blocks of gates to specific airlines, and they then assign them to flights (usually on an as-needed or first-come-first-serve basis). Other airports assign them all themselves, again usually on an as-needed or first-come-first-serve basis.



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After landing an airplane is asked to vacate from a taxiway and is then handed over to the ground controller who controls surface movements. This controller assigns a gate depending on various factors and then tells the aircraft the taxi ways it should follow to reach it's gate.

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When the plane starts its descent, an automatic ACARS AOC in-range report is sent to the airline's operations center, which then uplinks various arrival related information, including the terminal/gate/stand (where applicable) as soon as it's been assigned.

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In that case airlines will use unleased gates and we will charge them for it. Of course, non-signatory airlines don't rent space so they will always have to pay gate use fees. We charge signatory arlines around $350/turn for an extra gate. Non signatory airlines pay closer to $600/turn.

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Why? Answer: The maneuver you describe is usually either a 360 degree turn issued by the air traffic controller to increase spacing between your flight and another airplane, or it was one turn in a holding pattern. The one turn in a holding can occur when the expected hold time is reduced, requiring only a single turn.

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Typically either the Airport allocates the gates or the Airline does where in some cases they have control of a number of gates. Ground handlers in some cases may also manage gates.

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