Gate predictions
In short
🚪 Gate predictions are here.
Aviate Pro can now show a likely departure or arrival gate when no confirmed gate is available yet.
Predictions are based on recent gate history and clearly marked as Predicted. Official data always wins, so the prediction is replaced as soon as Aviate receives a confirmed gate.
If there isn't enough useful history, the field stays empty. A bad guess isn't better than no guess.
🚪 Gate predictions are here
Airlines don't always publish a gate early. Sometimes you get one a few hours before departure. Sometimes it is much later. Until then, Aviate has had the same answer as everyone else: an empty field.
Pre-Release 6 changes that for Aviate Pro.
Official values still win
We did the same with delay predictions, but users preferred official values over AI predictions, so we decided to scrap them last month.
Gate predictions were built around that lesson. Aviate only shows one while we don't have a confirmed gate. As soon as a confirmed gate comes in, the prediction disappears and the official value takes its place.
We are not going to replace a real gate with something that is probably right.
How it works
Aviate looks at recent gate history for the flight and weighs newer observations more heavily. If one gate stands out, that is what you will see. If the history points to a small group or range, Aviate shows that instead of pretending one exact gate is certain.
We believe this will help flyers plan their layover ahead by knowing the gate range they will be in.
Every result is marked Predicted, so it should never look like the airline has confirmed it.
If there isn't enough useful history, Aviate leaves the field empty. Gate predictions are meant to give you a head start, not send you confidently to the other side of your terminal.
Gate predictions are available with Aviate Pro for upcoming manual and scanned flights when a confirmed departure or arrival gate is still missing.