What is Newark's (EWR) deplaning procedure for regional jets?

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There are no turboprops flying United livery these days (nor Delta nor American); the ERJ135, ERJ140, and ERJ145 are all regional jets, not turboprops. That said, the smaller RJs can use the hardstand that was used for turboprop flights, accessed via the C130​n "virtual" gates (V–Z). Most of United's current operation in Terminal A is regional jets as well.

If you land at C130​n, you will deplane down stairs to the tarmac, pick up any gate-checked (i.e. green-tagged) bags, and board a bus. Once all passengers have deplaned and boarded the bus, it will drive you back to the terminal, where you will climb a staircase onto the airbridge for gate C71 (near the inter-terminal shuttle) or C130.

If you arrive at Terminal A, the larger jets (e.g. E170) will deplane onto a Jetway just as a mainline flight would. For the smaller RJs you may take stairs down to the tarmac, retrieve your gate-checked bags, and then walk to the staircase to the airbridge, but I have not done this transfer myself at terminal A in some time.

Arrivals are calculated from the time the bus arrives at the gate, so you may expect the schedule to be slightly padded if the normal operation is to a remote stand. From anecdotal reports at FlyerTalk, the time to transfer from a C130​n arrival to another C departure is comparable for an A terminal arrival to a C departure, using the A-C airside shuttle.

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