If you don't use a gate after you lease it, it will be taken back after a certain amount of time (I believe it's maybe 12 IRL hours but I'm not sure). This is to prevent people from mass leasing gates to prevent competition in worlds where there is a limited amount of gates at the airport as airlines not based in that airport's country can't build a terminal at it.
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