Cell phone what? Cell phone Lot or Cell Phone Waiting Area. More and more US airports are implementing these. Just google "Cell phone lot" and you can see a number of airports describing their lots on their websites.
Given the dominance of cars in the US, there is a substantial number of passengers that are picked up family or friends. These drivers typically would exhibit one of these behaviors:
1. Circle constantly
2. Park on the arrival curbside till the police/security tell them to move on.
3. Park illegally on the side of the road
4. Drive slowly.
In order to deal with this problem, airports have created cell phone lots. These are parking lots with between 50 to 100 spaces for drivers to park their cars there while waiting for their passenger to arrive. When passengers arrive, they call their drivers' cell phone to ask them to drive to the arrival curb to pick them up.... hence the name "cell phone lot".
Typical characteristics of cell phone lots:
1. near the terminal buildings, preferably within visual range of the terminal.
2. just off the main terminal roadway system
3. 50-200 spaces
4. well lit at night and safe
5. Flight Information Display System
6. Rule that driver must be in or at their cars
You might also want to read USA Today's article about cell phone lots. (click here)
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