Salt Lake City International Airport

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Salt Lake City International Airport

IATA: SLC – ICAO: KSLC
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Salt Lake City
Location Salt Lake City, Utah
Elevation AMSL 4,227 ft / 1,288 m
Coordinates 40°47′18″N, 111°58′40″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16L/34R 12,004 3,659 Asphalt
16R/34L 12,000 3,658 Concrete
17/35 9,596 2,925 Asphalt
14/32 4,892 1,491 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
HB 60 18 Asphalt
HC 60 18 Asphalt
HF 60 18 Asphalt

Salt Lake City International Airport (IATA: SLC, ICAO: KSLC) is a public airport located in western Salt Lake City, Utah.

The airport is the second largest and one of the fastest growing hubs for Delta Air Lines, as well as hubs for Delta Connection partners ExpressJet and SkyWest. The airport also has a strong Southwest Airlines presence. The airport spans over 7,600 acres (31 km²) and consists of four runways, five concourses in two terminals with 90 aircraft parking spots, an international terminal with customs facilities, as well as maintenance, cargo, FBO, general aviation, Utah Air National Guard, Life Flight, and other landside and airside facilities. An 18-hole golf course known as Wingpointe lies adjacent to the airport. The Salt Lake International Airport is one the the closest airports to its city center anywhere in the U.S.

According to the Air Traffic Statistics and Activity Report, from July 2006 to July 2007 exactly 21,951,193 passegers flew through the Salt Lake International Airport. As of December 2007, there were over 460 scheduled airline departures per day to over 110 non-stop destinations throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico, averaging around 2 million passengers per month and 66,000 passengers per day flying through Salt Lake City International Airport. Forty of the fifty states can be reached non-stop from Salt Lake City. The airport will see its first Trans-Atlantic route in June 2008 when Delta begins non-stop service to Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris, France.

According to the United States Department of Transportation Bureau of Statistics, Salt Lake City International ranked number one among U.S. airports in on-time departures and arrivals in 2006 and through July 2007. Salt Lake City International also had the fewest flight cancellations among U.S. airports. JD Power and Associates has ranked the Salt Lake International Airport among one of the top mid-sized U.S. airports for customer satisfaction.

Air Cargo services include, FedEx, UPS, DHL, and Ameriflight

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Charles Lindbergh piloted his plane, The Spirit of St. Louis, to the airport, then called Woodward Field, in 1927. In 1930, the airport was renamed the Salt Lake City Municipal Airport, with 400 acres (1.6 km²) of land and 11 hangars.

After seven years and $8 million, Terminal 1 was dedicated in 1960. The airport was renamed in 1968, and given its current name of Salt Lake City International Airport. Terminal 2 was completed in 1978 and housed Western Airlines. Several murals by artist LeConte Stewart decorate the terminal interiors.

On November 11, 1965, United Airlines Flight 227, operated with a Boeing 727, crashed just short of the runway at Salt Lake City International Airport, killing 43 of the 91 people on board.

On January 15, 1987, SkyWest Airlines Flight 1834, operated with a Fairchild Metro collided with a Mooney aircraft while on final approach to Salt Lake City International Airport. All ten people on board the SkyWest aircraft as well as the student and flight instructor aboard the Mooney were killed.

Delta Air Lines and Western Airlines merged in 1987, and their operations were expanded at the airport.

On August 31, 1988, Delta Air Lines Flight 1141, which was bound for Salt Lake City from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport near Dallas, Texas, crashed after takeoff. Two of seven crew members and twelve of 101 passengers were killed.

The airport has been bases for start up carriers Morris Air, which was sold to Southwest Airlines in 1993 and WinAir Airlines which shut down in 1999.

Wingpointe, the airport's 18-hole golf course and a four level parking terrace was added in 1991. Firestation #11 was relocated with the opening in 1999 of the Federal Aviation Administration's new air traffic control tower.

 This article or section contains information about a planned or expected expansion of an existing airport.
It may contain information of a speculative nature and the content may change dramatically as the construction and/or completion of the airport expansion approaches, and as more information becomes available on it.

A revised master plan was released in May 2006 for the airport and is available for the public to view at the airport's website. Future plans call for runway 17/35 to be realigned to more precisely parallel runways 16L/34R and 16R/34L. Plans also call for runway 16L/34R to be lengthened to 15,100 feet. Plans for a fourth parallel runway west of current 16R/34L are also shown but is more than fifteen years away.

In addition to runway reconfigurations, the airport will construct a new terminal and two new concourses. Plans call for a single terminal with an attached concourse consisting of 31 mainline gates and an additional paralleling satellite concourse consisting of 15 mainline gates and 44 regional jet gates. The two concourses would be attached with an underground automated train. The existing terminal and concourses would be demolished and would leave room for additional expansion onto the two new concourses in the future.

Other plans call for a new parking garage, expanded cargo facilities, and a UTA TRAX light rail line to downtown.

Gates 3 & 8 multi-use

  • Delta Air Lines Gates 1 - 4, 6, 8, 10 - 12 (See also Concourse C)
  • Southwest Airlines Gates 11, 13 - 18 (Albuquerque, Baltimore/Washington, Boise, Chicago-Midway, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Oakland, Orlando [begins March 8], Phoenix, Portland (OR), Reno/Tahoe, St. Louis, San Diego [begins March 8], Seattle/Tacoma, Spokane)
  • United Airlines Gates 5, 7, 9 (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, San Francisco)

  • Delta Air Lines Gates 1 - 13 (Anchorage, Atlanta, Baltimore/Washington, Boise, Boston, Cancún, Charlotte, Chicago-O'Hare, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Cleveland [seasonal], Columbus [seasonal], Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Fairbanks [seasonal], Fort Lauderdale, Guadalajara, Honolulu, Houston-Intercontinental, Jackson Hole [seasonal], Kansas City, Kahului, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Los Cabos [seasonal], Mexico City, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK, New York-LaGuardia [seasonal], Newark, Ontario, Orange County, Orlando, Paris-Charles de Gaulle [begins June 2], Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland (OR), Puerto Vallarta, Raleigh/Durham, Reno/Tahoe, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose (CA), Seattle/Tacoma, Spokane, Tampa, Vancouver, Washington-Dulles, Washington-Reagan)

  • Delta Air Lines Gates 60-85
    • Delta Connection operated by SkyWest (Albuquerque, Aspen, Austin, Bakersfield, Bellingham, Billings, Birmingham (AL), Boise, Bozeman, Burbank, Butte, Calgary, Casper, Cedar City, Cleveland [seasonal], Cody, Colorado Springs, Columbus [seasonal], Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Des Moines, Durango (CO), Edmonton, Elko, El Paso, Eugene, Fargo, Fayettville (AR), Fresno, Grand Junction, Great Falls, Guadalajara, Hayden/Steamboat Springs [seasonal], Helena, Houston-Intercontinental, Idaho Falls, Jackson Hole, Kalispell, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Lewiston, Little Rock, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Los Cabos, Mazatlán, Medford, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Missoula, Monterey, Montrose/Telluride [seasonal], Nashville, New Orleans, Oakland, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Ontario, Orange County, Palm Springs, Pasco, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Pocatello, Portland (OR), Rapid City, Redmond/Bend (OR), Reno/Tahoe, Sacramento, Salem (OR), San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose (CA), San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Fe [begins February 14], Seattle/Tacoma, Sioux Falls, Spokane, St. George (UT), St. Louis, Sun Valley, Toronto-Pearson, Tucson, Tulsa, Twin Falls, Vancouver, Victoria [seasonal], West Yellowstone [seasonal], Yakima, Yuma)

This terminal handles all international arrivals except those from airports (mainly in Canada) with US border preclearance. Three gates are used for international arrivals.

The 1974 film Airport 1975 was filmed at Salt Lake City International Airport.

In the 1994 comedy film Dumb and Dumber, Lloyd Christmas, portrayed by Jim Carrey, is seen running to gate B2 and falling off the jetway at Salt Lake City International Airport.

Portions of the 2006 film Unaccompanied Minors were filmed at Salt Lake City International Airport, including the International Terminal.

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