Salt Lake City International Airport (IATA: SLC , ICAO: KSLC , FAA LID: SLC ) is Civil Airport The military lies about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah in the United States. The airport is the nearest commercial airport for over 2.5 million people and is 30 minutes away from nearly 1.3 million jobs.
The airport is the fourth largest hub for Delta Air Lines, as well as a hub for Delta Connection, SkyWest Airlines, with nearly 300 departures daily. After Delta and Delta Connection, the largest airlines are Southwest Airlines, American Airlines, and Alaska Airlines.
By 2017, 24,198,697 passengers flew through Salt Lake City, representing a 4.5% increase from 2016. This is the 25th busiest in North America and 85 worldwide around the number of passengers. There are 327,292 aircraft operations (takeoffs and landings) in 2017, about 900 per day. On ordinary days in SLC (in January 2018), there are more than 343 scheduled non-stop flights per day to 93 cities in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe.
Salt Lake City International Airport continues to be ranked high for on-time departures/arrivals and the fewest flight cancellations among major US airports. The airport is ranked first for timely and first departures and arrivals for a cancellation percentage in April 2017.
The airport is owned by the City of Salt Lake City and is managed by the Salt Lake City City Department. The city also owns and operates two other nearby airports, the South Valley Regional Airport and Tooele Valley Airport. The airport is financially self-sufficient with revenue generated from airlines and passenger fees, concessions, vehicle parking, fuel, and leases for offices and hangar halls. It is the only major airport in the country that has no debt. The airport is also being built in several areas, due to expansion plans, which will be completed by 2019 or 2020.
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History
In 1911, a site for the airfield was chosen in the Basque Flats, named for the Spanish-French shepherds who worked in the fields in the Salt Lake Valley area, where the cinder-covered landing was then made. The Great International Aviation Carnival was held in the same year and brought in a pioneer flight representing Curtiss Airplane and Motor Company and a team representing the Wright Brothers to Salt Lake City. World-renowned aviator Glenn H. Curtiss brought his newly discovered Amphibious plane to a carnival, a plane that has never been shown to the public. Curtiss took off from nearby Great Salt Lake, captivating 20,000 spectators and making international headlines.
For several years, this new field is used primarily for aerobatic training and flight. That will change in 1920 when the United States Postal Service (USPS) started airmail service to Salt Lake City. Expanded airports and hangars and other buildings began to appear. In the same year, the airfield was named Woodward Field, named for John P. Woodward, a local aviator.
In 1925, the postal service began to award contracts to private companies. Western Air Express, the first private company to carry US mail, began flying from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles via Las Vegas. Less than a year later Western Air Express will start flying passengers along the same route. Western Air Express then became Western Airlines, which has a large hub in Salt Lake City.
Charles Lindbergh visited Woodward Field in 1927, attracting many spectators to see The Spirit of St. Louis. Over the next few years, the airport will get another runway and will reach over 400 acres (1.6 km 2 ). In 1930 the airport was renamed the Salt Lake City Municipal Airport.
The first terminal and airport administration building was built in 1933 at a cost of $ 52,000. At that time, United Airlines had begun to serve Salt Lake City on flights between New York City and San Francisco.
When air travel became more popular and the United States Air Force Air Force set up bases at airports during World War II, a third runway was added (Runway chart for 1955). April 1957 OAG (formerly Airline Official Guide) shows 42 business day departures: 18 in Western, 17 United, and 7 Frontier. United has been relentlessly flying to Chicago since 1950, but New York nonstop did not start until 1968. The first jet was United 720s in September 1960.
A new terminal is needed and work begins on the west side of the airport in Terminal 1, designed by Brazier Montmorency Hayes & Talbot and dedicated in 1960 after seven years of work and cost $ 8 million. In 1968, the airport became the Salt Lake City International Airport when a non-stop route to Calgary, Canada was awarded to Western Airlines.
After the deregulation of the airline in 1978, the airport hub emerged. Western Airlines, which has links with Salt Lake City since its inception, chose the airport as one of its centers. Terminal 2 is designed by Montmorency Hayes & amp; Talbot and built only for the West and has several murals by artist LeConte Stewart.
During the 1980s the airport saw further expansion into both the terminal as well as the extension of the runway. In 1987, Western Airlines joined Delta Air Lines. Salt Lake City will continue to be the main aviation hub.
In 1991 the airport opened a new short-term parking garage. The airport opened a new platform in 1995 along with the International Terminal and E concourse for SkyWest Airlines, designed by Gensler. The 328-foot (100 m) control tower, new approach control facilities, and new fire extinguishers opened in 1999.
In 2001, Concourse E expanded for additional gates and SkyWest Airlines opened a new maintenance hangar and training facility. In 2002, the airport witnessed a crowd when Salt Lake City greeted more than a million visitors for the Winter Olympics.
Recently the airport has increased its access roads and parking facilities in preparation for the new terminal. The airport has made slight improvements to terminals and concourses including the expansion of baggage claim facilities.
Three days after the Paris terror attack, Air France A380 traveling from Los Angeles, California to Paris, France was diverted to Salt Lake City International Airport due to a bomb threat on the plane. The plane is the largest aircraft ever to land at the airport. Airport workers have only 15 minutes to get ready for an emergency landing.
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International services
Delta Air Lines, the leading airline at the airport has scheduled flights to cities in Canada, Mexico, France, the Netherlands and the UK.
On May 28, 2016, Air Canada started daily nonstop service to Toronto-Pearson from Salt Lake City. Air Canada Express previously operated services to Toronto from 2006 to 2007.
Aeromà ©  © xico offers services from Salt Lake City to Hermosillo and Mexico City from 2002 to 2005. In November 2008, Aeromà © à © xico went on a nonstop service to Mexico City even though the service was once again stopped.
In June 2008, Delta Air Lines started daily non-stop services to Paris-Charles de Gaulle. This marks the first scheduled transatlantic route from Salt Lake City. In November 2008, Delta announced a nonstop service to Narita International Airport near Tokyo, Japan, largely as a result of a Delta merger with Northwest Airlines. This service started on June 3, 2009, the first nonstop from Salt Lake City to Asia. In 2010-2011 flights to Tokyo are seasonal, May to October. Delta has not operated flights since October 2011.
Delta Air Lines launched a seasonal nonstop service to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport in May 2015, which was upgraded to daily service by the end of March 2016. In addition to Paris and Amsterdam, Delta launched the third transatlantic nonstop route from Salt Lake City to London-Heathrow on April 23, 2016. Other new international routes launched by Delta Air Lines from Salt Lake City include nonstop services to Mexico City which continued in December 2014, and daily non-stop services to Toronto-Pearson, which continued in May 2016. This international addition is a direct result of the renewal 10 year lease Delta at the airport and a commitment to expand in SLC.
On May 5, 2016 KLM started a new nonstop service, twice a week from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, and upgraded its services to three times a week on July 4, 2016. This is the first transatlantic route from Salt Lake City served by a European-based carrier. The service is intended to complement existing daily flights between Salt Lake City and Amsterdam operated by Transatlantic Airline KLM flight partners, Delta Air Lines.
Terminal
Three passenger terminals have five concourse with a total of 83 gates:
- Terminal 1 has a Concourse A (gate A1-A9) recently converted into Concourse G (G1-G9 gate) and Concourse B (gate B1-B22).
- Terminal 2 has Concourse C (gate C1-C13).
- International Terminal has Concourse D (gate D1-D13) and Concourse E (gate E60-E85). However, arriving international flights only use the gates D2, D4, and D6 in Concourse D.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Cargo
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Top destinations
Other airport information
The airport has an area of ​​7,700 hectares (3,116 ha) and has four runways. The runway is generally oriented towards the NNW/SSE magnetic direction because the prevailing wind is consistent in this direction.
Cargo operations
The airport handled 156,319 metric tons of cargo in 2008.
General aviation
Despite being the twenty-eighth busiest airport in the world in terms of aircraft operations, the airport still maintains the presence of massive public flights. In 2008, 19% of aircraft movement at airports came from general aviation traffic. This is in contrast to most major airports, which encourage public aircraft to use smaller or less busy airports to prevent delays in commercial traffic. The airport is capable of effectively handling both commercial and general aviation traffic largely for airport layout and air structures. Almost all general aviation operations are conducted on the east side of the airport, away from commercial traffic. In addition, smaller and relatively slower public flights arrive and depart for airports in a manner that generally does not preclude the normal flow from the arrival or departure of commercial aircraft.
The 2007 data shows there are 388 general aviation aircraft based at the airport. The airport has only one Fixed-Base Operator, located on the east side of the airport that has been debated between aircraft operators and SLCDA. The airport has facilities for Air Ambulance, Law Enforcement, as well as state and federal government aircraft. In addition, the airport is home to several flight training facilities, including those operated by Westminster College.
Military operations
The Utah Air National Guard operates what was formerly called Salt Lake City Air National Guard Base on the east side of the airport. In November 2014, the installation was renamed Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base after Brigadier General Roland R. Wright, USAF (Ret).
This base occupies about 135 acres as the canton area of ​​the US Government hired from the airport. In addition to the flight path, the installation consists of 63 buildings: 3 services, 13 administrative, and 47 industries. There are 255 full-time Backup Technicians and Active Guard and Reserved Guard staff, plus 1,343 traditional national air guards part-time.
The host wing for installation is 151st Air Procurement Wing (151 ARW), Air Mobility Command (AMC) moving unit that operates KC-135R Stratotanker.
Airport facilities
Wingpointe, an 18-hole golf course, is located at the southern end of the airport and closed in 2015. Discussions have been made to reopen the course in 2019.
It has free Wi-Fi internet access.
Delta Air Lines' Sky Club, located between concourses C and D, is the only lounge at the airport.
Salt Lake City International also provides hangar and line maintenance facilities for Delta Delta Delta, Delta TechOps maintenance, repair and overhaul. Delta also operates call centers for reservations and sales as well as regional corporate offices.
SkyWest Airlines opened a new maintenance and training facility at the airport in 2001 where the company has its largest maintenance base. This is where the training is done for pilots, flight attendants, and other employees.
United Airlines operates a call center located near the airport.
Boeing Aircraft Company operates an airport manufacturing plant that produces vertical stabilizers and horizontal stabilizers for Boeing 787 as well as components for the Boeing 737.
The Airport and Salt Lake City Fire Department operates the airport's Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) training facility. Training facilities have been used to train and certify thousands of firefighters from different departments around the world, including Antarctica.
In addition to the 328 foot (100 m) Traffic Control Tower, TRACON is also located at the airport with the Salt Lake Traffic Controls Control Center (ARTCC) located next to the airport. The Salt Lake ARTCCC covers the largest geographical area in the continent of the United States and controls airspace as far north of the Canadian-US border.
Economic impact
Salt Lake City International Airport is directly responsible for hiring more than 14,000 people and indirectly providing more than 100,000 jobs that generate a salary of 2.7 billion US dollars. The airport had an economic impact of $ 5.34 billion in 2004.
April 30, 2008 marked a significant date for the airport, as it became the only large, debt-free US airport after withdrawing the remaining bonds, with payments of nearly US $ 50 million. This was done in response to interest rate cuts, but also put the Salt Lake Airport Department in a better financial position for future expansion plans.
Airport expansion
The revised master plan was released in May 2006 for the airport and available to the public for viewing on the airport website. Future plans of calls for the 17/35 grounding should be aligned back to the more appropriate 16L/34R and 16R/34L parallel runways. The plan also called for the 16L/34R runway to be extended to 15,100 feet (4,600 m) from the current 12,002 feet (3,658 m). Plans for the fourth parallel runway west of 16R/34L were also shown, but more than fifteen years away.
In addition to the runway reconfiguration, the airport will build new terminals and two new concourse. Call plan for a single terminal with an attached concourse consisting of 31 main gates and an additional parallel satellite consisting of 15 main gates and 44 regional jet gates. Both concourses will be attached with an automatic underground train. Existing terminals and concourse will be destroyed and will leave room for additional expansion into two new concourse in the future.
Another plan calls for a new parking garage and expands cargo facilities. The construction of Airport's renewal of the Utah UTA TRAX (Transit Authority) light rail system from Downtown Salt Lake City to the airport began in October 2008, and commenced operations on April 14, 2013. The TRAX Green line connects airports to other UTA rail systems , including FrontRunner (commuter rail linking Salt Lake City with Ogden to the north and Provo to the south). In addition to the rail network itself, the TRAX track also connects with Park and Ride lots of both TRAX and FrontRunner , allowing transit customers to avoid having to pay for parking at the airport.
In June 2010, the airport requested public comments on airport expansion and announced the start of environmental studies of the master plan that held public hearings in the summer of 2011. In February 2012, the airport announced that construction would likely commence. in 2013 and 2014, with completion scheduled for 2020. In 2021, International Terminals and concourses will begin demolition, and construct new North and South concourses. Detailed expansions are deliberately flexible to adapt to changing conditions in the aviation industry and are likely to change over the next 8-10 years. The main priority for this expansion is to increase the resilience of the airport buildings against earthquakes.
Ground Transport
Road
The airport is accessible from I-80 at exit 115 B or from I-215 at exit 22 and 22 B. The airport is also accessible from North Temple Road and Utah State Route 154 (Bangerter Highway) which both ends up and merges into Drive Terminal airport.
Public transit
Train and bus services connecting the surrounding area to Salt Lake City International Airport include TRAX light rail, UTA Bus service and FrontRunner commuter rail (via TRAX).
Taxis, limousines and shuttle vehicles
Land transportation is available for ski resorts and locations throughout Salt Lake, Davis, Weber, Utah and Summit counties from Salt Lake International Airport. Plenty of Salt Lake taxis, limousines and a shuttle that accomodates ski equipment.
Accidents and incidents
On November 11, 1965, United Airlines Flight 227, operated with Boeing 727, fell short of the runway at Salt Lake City International Airport (later named Salt Lake City Airport), killing 43 of 91 people on board.
In popular culture
The 1974 film Airport 1975 was filmed at Salt Lake City International Airport.
In the 1994 comedy film Dumb and Dumber Lloyd Christmas, played by Jim Carrey, was seen running to the B2 gate and crashing out of the jetway at Salt Lake City International Airport. He was also seen sliding across the floor to recover a brief case.
The 2003 romantic comedy film Latter Days featured a stopover scene at Salt Lake City International Airport en route to Pocatello, Idaho, where the main character was trapped in Salt Lake City when a snowstorm shut the airport.
The airport was used for filming scenes from the fictional Chicago Hoover International Airport in the 2006 film Without an Unnamed Parent .
See also
- The Utah World War II Air Force
- South Valley Regional Airport
- Provo Municipal Airport
- Ogden-Hinckley Airport
Note
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force History Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
External links
- Official website
- FAA Airport Chart Ã, (PDF) , effective May 24, 2018
- FAA Terminal Procedures for SLC, effective May 24, 2018
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KSLC
- ASN crash history for SLC
- FlightAware airport information and direct flight trackers
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautics graph for KSLC
- Current SLC FAA delay information
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