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Gate Guide

A live, real-time, traveler-powered airport navigation app for lounges, food, shortcuts, and the fastest paths through any terminal.

Overview

What it is

Gate Guide is a real-time, traveler-powered airport navigation app. It helps travelers find lounges, food, shortcuts, and the fastest paths through any terminal.

Updates are crowdsourced from travelers who are actually in the airport right now, so the information stays fresh and real.

The challenge

The problem we set out to solve

It started at LaGuardia Airport. A frequent flyer spent twenty minutes wandering the terminal in search of an airline lounge and never found it. Wrong turns, bad signage, and no lounge in sight.

The lesson was simple. If experienced travelers get lost, everyone does. Airports keep getting bigger and busier, yet finding your way through them has barely improved.

Gate Guide exists to end the wandering, with a real-time, traveler-powered guide to lounges, shortcuts, and the fastest paths through the terminal.

What we built

Feature highlights

Airport navigation

The fastest paths and shortcuts through the terminal, so you avoid wrong turns and confusing signage.

Lounge finder

Locate airline lounges and know exactly where they are before you land.

Food and amenities

Find food, coffee, and amenities near your gate.

Security wait times

Real-time information on how long security will take, so there is no more guessing.

Live crowdsourced updates

Information from travelers who are actually in the airport right now.

Real-time flight and gate info

Live departures, arrivals, gate changes, and delay alerts, powered by industry-grade aviation data.

Accessibility

Built to work for families, seniors, people with disabilities, and first-time flyers.

Tech stack

Built with

React NativeNode.jsExpressMongoDBReal-time sync
Status

What shipped

Gate Guide is live, helping travelers move through terminals with confidence, powered by a global community of travelers.

Navigation, lounges, food, security wait times, and live flight information all ship in one app.

Our mission

What drives the product

We believe every traveler deserves to navigate airports with confidence, no matter how complex the terminal.

Eliminate uncertainty

No more guessing how long security will take or where to find food near your gate. Gate Guide gives you real-time, accurate information.

Power of community

Crowdsourced updates come from travelers who are actually there right now. It is real data from real people.

Travel for everyone

Accessible airport navigation for families, seniors, people with disabilities, and first-time flyers.

Timeline

The journey so far

  1. NOV 2025

    The idea

    A frustrating lounge hunt at LaGuardia sparks the idea that travelers need a better way to navigate airports.

  2. DEC 2025

    Building begins

    The concept takes shape and development of Gate Guide starts.

  3. JAN 2026

    Beta testing

    Testing begins at CMH Airport with real travelers shaping the product.

  4. LIVE

    Public launch

    Gate Guide launches so travelers can navigate airports like a pro.

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