Gates

[skifans]

I think the optimum number is slightly more complicated then Dokhu makes out. If your airline is set up to have 29 aircraft at Gatwick at once, you fly them all out to another airport, then fly them all back then you need 20 gates at Gatwick as at some times of the day you will have 20 aircraft on the ground. However, if instead you off set your aircraft you can get away with less. Say you instead have 10 aircraft at Gatwick and 10 elsewhere. You login and fly the 10 aircraft which are elsewhere to Gatwick and the 10 aircraft elsewhere into Gatwick. This can half the number of gates you need for the same number of roues as no more then half of your aircraft will be on the ground at Gatwick at the same time.