WALmsp From United States of America, joined Sep 2010, 97 posts, RR: 0 Posted (5 months 2 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 3829 times:
I am in the preliminary design stages of a model airport and I am looking for layouts, terminal maps, or photographs demonstrating the gate layout and allocation for the MSP Blue Concourse during the 1970s. There is a thread here on A.net from 2007 with links to these types of things, but the links are no longer active. As I remembered from my childhood days (many years ago), Braniff had the first three gates in the alley,
TWA had 1 or 2 gates along the outside edge, United had 1 or 2 along that same edge, and Western had 5 or 6 at the end of the concourse.
i am particularly interested in how/where Western parked their DC-10s. As I remember, they were on the corners. I do have photographs showing a DC-10 parked on the alley corner, where gate E13 is currently located , as can be seen in the background of this this:
jsnww81 From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 1857 posts, RR: 17 Reply 1, posted (5 months 2 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 3640 times:
I have diagrams of MSP from 1972 and 1975 (from old copies of the OAG) and gate arrangements on the Blue Concourse are as follows:
Braniff: Gates 23, 25, 27
Western: Gates 29, 31, 32
United: Gates 24, 26, 28
Ozark: Gate 22 (there was an upper and lower level gate labeled 22 and 22A)
Ozark also had two gates (35 and 36) on the Green Concourse, alongside Eastern and Allegheny.
I don't believe TWA started service to MSP until after deregulation in 1978, and if memory serves they were located on the Red Concourse with NW and NC initially.
ABQopsHP From United States of America, joined May 2006, 834 posts, RR: 3 Reply 3, posted (5 months 2 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 2746 times:
Quoting jsnww81 (Reply 1): located on the Red Concourse with NW and NC initially.
When I first started with CO in the early 80's I recall seeing a customers old boarding pass, stating "Red__".
Is that a false memory, or was it real? Also, is/was/are there any other airports, that used a colour system todesignate concourses? I also have a fascination with old terminal diagrams. And now with what looks like a career change on hand, I am looking into cartography with a bent on airport layouts as well.
CalebWilliams From United States of America, joined Dec 2008, 269 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (5 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 2301 times:
If you're in the metro area, you could make an appointment with the MAC office and see if they have any additional information on gate layouts. Having been there before, they have some high resolution photos from various stages of the airport's development.
DeltaRules From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3623 posts, RR: 11 Reply 5, posted (5 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 2282 times:
Quoting ABQopsHP (Reply 3): Also, is/was/are there any other airports, that used a colour system todesignate concourses? I also have a fascination with old terminal diagrams. And now with what looks like a career change on hand, I am looking into cartography with a bent on airport layouts as well.
I think when ATL's current terminal opened, its concourses were color-coded. There's a great site independent of the airport's that has info about both the old and current terminals (with "Peach" in the name) which demonstrates this, but I can't find it right now.
iowa744fan From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 928 posts, RR: 2 Reply 6, posted (5 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 2130 times:
Quoting jsnww81 (Reply 1): I don't believe TWA started service to MSP until after deregulation in 1978, and if memory serves they were located on the Red Concourse with NW and NC initially
They were located in the red concourse for quite a while. I remember them being there in the early 1990s. I used to see them on the red concourse when I made my beeline for the end of the red concourse when NW used to park their 744 making the morning hop to DTW there so that I could admire it. I'm not sure how long they stayed after that until the merger with AA.
jsnww81 From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 1857 posts, RR: 17 Reply 8, posted (5 months 2 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 1851 times:
Quoting toltommy (Reply 7): Negative. ATL midfield was T, A, B, C, D from the start. T was international only of course.
The ATL concourses did have color designations but they were very much a secondary designator and they weren't really utilized or promoted much. The colors appeared on maps but that's about it. Concourse A was red, Concourse B was purple, Concourse C was blue and Concourse D was green. The T gates (then the international concourse) didn't have a color - but T was added onto the midfield terminal after construction began and wasn't part of the original design.
WALmsp From United States of America, joined Sep 2010, 97 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (5 months 2 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 1807 times:
Quoting CalebWilliams (Reply 4): If you're in the metro area, you could make an appointment with the MAC office
Unfortunately, I am not in the Metro area, but in Santa Barbara, CA (but it is warmer)!
It is becoming apparent to me that I have blended several childhood memories into one incorrect one. Good thing these forums exist to straighten me out.
In memory of my Dad, Robert "Bob" Fenrich, WAL 1964-1979, MSP ONT LAX
ItalianFlyer From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 948 posts, RR: 2 Reply 10, posted (5 months 2 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 1647 times:
Quoting jsnww81 (Reply 8): The ATL concourses did have color designations but they were very much a secondary designator and they weren't really utilized or promoted much. The colors appeared on maps but that's about it. Concourse A was red, Concourse B was purple, Concourse C was blue and Concourse D was green. The T gates (then the international concourse) didn't have a color - but T was added onto the midfield terminal after construction began and wasn't part of the original design.
Yes...when I was a youngin' I clearly remember the color corrilation was part of the Battlestar Gallalactica voice on the train saying 'the color coded maps an signs in the vehicle match the station colors'. I found an audio of it here:
Thank you for the retro MSP info btw...I was based there for 5 years in the early 00s. The whole green/red/gold thing was before my time, but many of my coworkers still used the terms.
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