> have a much more spiky load on security than the average of all gates That’s a very good point. And, the airport itself has already balanced the departure t

> have a much more spiky load on security than the average of all gates That’s a very good point. And, the airport itself has already balanced the departure times for all flights across the airport. Every flight has a pre-assigned departure window, so in theory, when you average all flights, you shouldn’t have (many) peaky surges in passenger load. Or at the very least, they would be predictable.