Where GateBite’s listings come from

OpenStreetMap

Many of our places, and the terminal outlines on our maps, come from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. Spot something missing or out of date? Anyone can fix it in OpenStreetMap, and the fix reaches GateBite on a later update.

Foursquare Open Source Places

Other places come from Foursquare Open Source Places under the Apache License 2.0. Contains data from Foursquare Open Source Places (release of October 15, 2026). Copyright Foursquare Labs, Inc.

Gates and terminals

Gate positions come from Chockwise, the airport gate data company behind GateBite: each gate is placed by hand on the airport map, and the terminal or concourse it belongs to comes from flight records (FlightAware).

How places are matched to gates

Each place is pinned to the closest gate and shown under that gate’s terminal or concourse. We leave out places in closed terminals, staff-only rooms, nameless shops and restaurants, vending machines, and Foursquare entries last refreshed before 2024. When both sources list the same restaurant a few metres apart, we keep one.

How walking minutes are estimated

Walking minutes are the straight-line distance on the map between two points, plus a quarter for corners, moving walkways and crowds, at about 1.2 metres a second (a relaxed pace with a bag). They are estimates, not timed routes, and don’t include security lines or trains between terminals.

What we don’t claim

Our sources rarely say whether a place is before or after security, and opening hours appear only where a source lists them. Until people check listings in person, every one is marked unverified.