Largest US Airports by Number of Gates (commercial)
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Everyone always says how big LAX is when its actually pretty small. I was expecting it to at least be in the top 5 considering both cities are points of entry into the US.
Gates dont translate to number of passengers.
The gates at LAX are mostly widebody 747's, 777's, 380's, and 340's vs. say Detroit or Philadelphia where there is a mix or regional jets, narrow body mainline aircraft, and a few wide bodies.
MSP International is about to add 10 more gates at terminal 2, bumping the gate count to 139. An even bigger expansion is planned that involves Delta and its partners taking over the Lindbergh Terminal (Terminal 1) and moving all other airlines to the Humphrey Terminal (Terminal 2), which will triple its size.
Everyone always says how big LAX is when its actually pretty small. I was expecting it to at least be in the top 5 considering both cities are points of entry into the US.
I was also a little surprised, but I wouldn't say that LAX is "pretty small". It's definitely a large, major airport just not nearly as big as some. Others have mentioned aircraft size and I agree with that, but when compared to Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and Denver you also have to consider that they get considerably more transfers than LAX which is much more of a destination airport.
I was also a little surprised, but I wouldn't say that LAX is "pretty small". It's definitely a large, major airport just not nearly as big as some. Others have mentioned aircraft size and I agree with that, but when compared to Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and Denver you also have to consider that they get considerably more transfers than LAX which is much more of a destination airport.
The thing that has always struck me about LAX is its small footprint relative to its volume. People love to complain about it, but I'm surprised it functions as well as it does.
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