Outnumbered riot police turned and ran as the demonstrators charged for the Boeing 747's at the terminal gates.

About 7 p.m., only five trucks were waiting at the terminal gates, which have 12 lanes.

At Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta, people waited for arriving passengers behind a yellow line well away from the terminal gates.

Planes park at terminal gates for an average of only 15 minutes before flying again, and no meals are served.

Not that tourists were battering down the terminal gates.

All eleven terminal gates have jet bridges, numbered 21 through 30 and 32.

'Those are people,' said Brawne Lamia, pointing toward the main terminal gates on the south side of the field.

The airport completed a $14 million face-lift earlier this year, and would like to add more terminal gates and flights.

The Junction Railway station currently has six platforms with two terminal gates.

For airports, preparing for the A380 requires substantial modifications to runways, taxiways and terminal gates.