The new terminal and concourses eliminated airplane-parking bottlenecks and allow aircraft to get back in the air more quickly, which means fewer delays for passengers. For example, most up and down movements via escalators and elevators have been eliminated, making facilities easier and quicker to navigate.

The new terminal and concourses have state-of-the-art functionality and ease-of-use. The new airport will be designed to meet Salt Lake City’s needs for decades to come and be adaptable to the constantly changing aviation industry.

Salt Lake City Department of Airports has spent years assessing the best approach to a flexible design that meets operational needs, user convenience and sustainability. Provide flexible, right-sized design for the future In short, though the former facilities served the airport well, it’s time to make way for the next generation of airport design. Security needs are vastly different from when the airport was originally constructed and buildings no longer meet earthquake safety standards. Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) served more than 26 million passengers a year in facilities constructed 60 years ago to handle half as many travelers. SLC is now a hub airport with many flights arriving and departing around the same time. The aircraft types with most scheduled flights are the Boeing 737 and the Airbus A31X/32X.Why Rebuild SLC? Replace obsolete facilities Larger aircrafts on this airport are Airbus A330, Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the Boeing 767. With around 1605 scheduled take-offs every week, that's about 8 times as many as the second biggest airline, Southwest. Popular airlinesĭelta is the largest airline here by counting the number of departures. The two longest flights are Salt Lake City (SLC) to Frankfurt (FRA) that takes around 10 hours and 30 minutes and Salt Lake City (SLC) to Paris (CDG) with a flight time of 9 hours and 55 minutes. The top international destinations from here are Calgary (YYC) and Toronto (YYZ).

The route with the most departures is the route to Denver (DEN) with an average of 138 flights from Salt Lake City International every week which is 6% of all weekly departures.

You can fly to 95 destinations with 12 airlines in scheduled passenger traffic. Salt Lake City International (SLC) is a large airport in USA.

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