How much time needed to get from Terminal A to Terminal E ? One 1 flight a day & traveling alone
Posted by anjealka@reddit | askdfw | View on Reddit | 10 comments
Im trying to book a flight for my college age child. Our choices are for her to fly into our local airport with limited flight options or drive 250 miles to a major airport. We are having some family medical issues so we would like to use the local airport.
There is one flight a day and it lands in DFW and has a 55 minute layover (checking the last week, it has been early 6 days by approx 20-25 minutes and 7 minutes late one day). It arrives in Terminal A and departs from terminal E (the second leg of the flight is on regional small jet) . There is only 1 flight a day, so miss the flight and you are stuck in Dallas.
The only other option is to fly through sky habor. A year ago, the airline used to offer a flight with a 28 minute layover in skyhabor and my child tried to get off the plane as fast as the could an run and missed the connection and was stuck. Since then this flight has been discountined (I spoke to the airline and the said about 75% of people missed the connection so now it is a 31 hour layover, I didnt know this was even possible length but it is ).
So my choices are book the flight with a 55 minute layover via DFW arriving in A (the last week the gate was 37/39) departing terminal E ( gate 30). Or a direct flight with us driving 250 miles to the airport.
Inevitable_Panda_999@reddit
E30 should be a satellite gate. You need to walk about 9 minutes to get to the train. Train runs 2 minutes. Train to Terminal A is pretty far, I'm going to guess it will take around 12 minutes. Planes could close the door 10 min prior to departure time.
Shaken-Loose@reddit
Gates can change so prep them to be nimble. There is also a DFW Airport app you/they can download that will help plan where/what/when.
anjealka@reddit (OP)
From what I understand the gate it departs from is E30 and cant change much because it is a small regional jet and it uses the satilette terminal that has about 10 gates that does AmericanEagle flights with Skywest.
I understand the incoming flight which is from a major city could chnage, it has arrived at the one of 2 gates A39 or A37 every day for a month. Those seem to be the further from the skylink doors so any change might be a little shorter and better?
All I hear is DFW is a great easy airport to get around but be worried about terminal E , regional because of some tunnel?
Shaken-Loose@reddit
Check out the DFW Airport app for details of the terminal layouts, transport to/from, etc. The train is inside the secure area so no need to go through security checkpoints again.
anjealka@reddit (OP)
Thanks. I checked it the app and I see this tunnel now. It is off of terminal E, maybe going under the runway via a tunnel? and there are like 10 gates E30 is one of them in this very same "bonus" terminal on the other side of the runway. I feel like I have the bad luck getting the worst possibel 2 points in the airport to travel between.
From my understanding this flight is taken more for local travel and not many connecting passengers so most passengers park at E or are dropped off at this small E wing/terminal that has a few extra gates (it appears it opened in 2020?) and are not trying to come from other terminals.
marvadel@reddit
You’ll be safe with the 55 minute layover as long as there aren’t any delays with your incoming flight. You can take the skylink train from terminal A to terminal E which runs every two minutes.
anjealka@reddit (OP)
This is a flight out of gate E30 which appears to be done a tunnel or long hallway? after getting out the tram. Do you know how long this tunnel or hallway is ? It does not appear the Tram services it? It seems like you get off E21 area and then walk to these regional jets.
marvadel@reddit
No I only fly out of terminal d,c, or a usually. However, gates can change at any time. If you need assistance, you can always request wheelchair service or sometimes you can ask for the cart to drive you there, if available. The skylink doesn’t service every gate. There are two stops at each terminal and you’ll have to get off at whichever one is closer to your gate and walk the rest after coming off the escalator.
anjealka@reddit (OP)
Thanks. I talked to the wheelchair services since my child would qualify (they have a joint condition and are very short) . There is some confusion over who does the wheelchair request since it is technically two different airlines, Im paying American but the departing frlight fromk DFW has 4 airlines that all ticket the same flight . I know the pilot and crew are delta/skywest but the ticket says American eagle.
entropicitis@reddit
It's doable with the train. You might consider upgrading to economy plus to get a better seat.