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The Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is actually made up of two separate terminal buildings (the Landside Terminal and the Airside Terminal) connected by two underground tramways. Both buildings feature high speed, automated walkways, escalators, elevators and people movers.
The Landside Terminal houses ticketing, security and baggage operations. It is linked to the short term and long term parking lots with an enclosed, climate-controlled moving walkway. The Landside Terminal has three levels:
- The top level, or
ticketing level, is where you buy your tickets and check your bags. You
will arrive directly at this level if you are dropped off at Passenger
Departures or if you arrive by taxi or by a bus from the parking
lot. If you come in from the parking lot or garage via the moving
walkway, you will have to go up one level to arrive at ticketing. Once
you have checked in to your flight you will proceed down one level to
the transit level.
- The middle level, or
transit level, is where you will go through the security gates. This
level also contains several shops, eateries, a bank, MAC machines and
the walkway to the parking lots and garage. This level also is where you
will get on the escalator to the Commuter Terminal or the People Mover
to the Airside Terminal.
- The lower level contains the baggage claim area for arriving passengers.
The Airside Terminal includes 75 jet gates, the Airmall, which features local, national and international retailers and a Food Court offering a variety of sit-down restaurants and fast food eateries. It consists of a large atrium with four concourse arms stretching out like an X (see terminal map). Concourse A (gates 1-25) and Concourse B (gates 26-50) are used entirely by USAirways. Concourse C (gates 51-61) contains more USAirways gates as well as gates for other domestic airlines. Concourse D (gates 76-89) is occupied by a few more domestic airlines plus all international departures. Moving sidewalks move along each Concourse arm and can move a deplaning passenger from plane to parking in 11 minutes. If you are wondering what happened to gates 62-75 and 90-100, they have been left open for future expansion.
The People Mover arrives at the Airside Terminal on the lower level. An escalator then leads up two levels to the Airside Core. The retail mall and all four jet concourses are located on this level. A passenger information center is located right in the center of the terminal flanked by video banks on each side providing up-to-date arrival and departure information.
The middle level of the Airside Terminal contains the Airport Fitness center plus access to customs and immigration.
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