Viewing the results of the first and second assumptions, it was noted that the swcond
assumption recommends a slightly larger gross terminal building area in 2050 so its results
will be adopted.
Assume that the terminal building consists of one floor with an area of 61,418 m^2 between
2027 and 2042 as shown in Table 6- 10.
The terminal building will be expanded to include two floors with a gross area of 93,730
m^2 (Table 6- 10 ), one for enplaned passengers and the other for deplaned passengers,
between 2042 and 2050.
6.6 Terminal Gates
The apron gate system provides the connection between the terminal buildings and the
airfield passengers via passenger boarding bridges, secure pedestrian walkways, or by
walking to the aircraft. It includes aircraft parking areas, called ramps, and aircraft
circulation and taxiing areas for access to these ramps. On the ramp, aircraft parking areas
are designated as gates.
▪ Number of Gates:The number of gates is determined in such a way that a programmed hourly flow of aircraft
can be accommodated. Thus, the number of gates required depends on the number of
aircraft to be handled during the design hour and on the amount of time each aircraft
occupies a gate.
The basis of gate capacity analysis is that the gate demand by aircraft should be less than
or equal to the gate supply available for these aircraft. It should be observed that since
every aircraft at a gate entails two operations, an arrival and a departure, the hourly capacity