T2 MARS stands
Skipness,
Most of the T2 pier stands are arranged in MARS blocks, each served by two gates (and airbridges). The stand numbering is slightly unconventional in that there is not a centre, left, and right, as there is at Stand 12 (T1) and Stand 44 (T3). At T2 each even numbered centreline can take a B747/A330/B777 which then occupies the whole block, and the adjacent odd-numbered gate is unused. Alternatively it is divided so that two narrow bodies use the even Left and the adjacent odd number, with both gates in use. There are one or two irregularities such as I mentioned in the previous post - on two of the blocks only you can fit a B767/A300 on the even Left with a narrow body on the adjacent odd. There are also a couple of single centreline, non-MARS stands: 201 and 215. Each stand block is separated by an Interstand Clearway of 6m width. The original multi-choice system dating from 1993 was very complex, had no clearways, and didn't work once eveything started sprouting winglets. The current Google Earth image is dated June 2009 which pre-dates the changes.