In an ongoing effort to improve the passenger experience, San Francisco International Airport (SFO) announced plans to implement a new airport-wide gate numbering system. The logical revealing of alphanumeric gates will help passengers move through the airport – from check-in to security to gate or from gate to gate on a connecting flight. The gate renumbering will be revealed inside the terminals as well as on the airfield the morning of Oct. 16 prior to the first flight out.
“We are committed to making SFO easier and more intuitive to navigate through,” said Airport Director Ivar C. Satero. “With this gate renumbering, travelers get a better sense of the airport layout and how to move easily and seamlessly through the airport journey. We know this will be an initial change for travelers who frequent SFO, but we believe this will be a positive step forward for all flyers at SFO.”
The new gate numbering system will be alphanumeric, in which gates will be assigned both a letter and a number. The letter corresponds to the concourse, which SFO calls Boarding Areas, while the number refers to the specific gate within that Boarding Area. This new numbering system can already be found in Boarding Area B of the new Harvey Milk Terminal 1, which opened the first nine gates on July 23.
