Salt Lake International Airport

Salt Lake City International Airport
Salt Lake City airport in 2010
IATA: SLC ICAO: KSLC FAA LID: SLC WMO: 72572
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Salt Lake City
Operator	Salt Lake City Department of Airports
Serves	Northern Utah and Southeast Idaho.
Location	Salt Lake City, Utah  United States
Hub for	Delta Air Lines
Elevation AMSL	4,227 ft / 1,288 m
Coordinates	40°47′18″N 111°58′40″W / 40.78833°N 111.97778°W / 40.78833; -111.97778Coordinates: 40°47′18″N 111°58′40″W / 40.78833°N 111.97778°W / 40.78833; -111.97778
Website	slcairport.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 16L/34R 12,002 3,658 Asphalt 16R/34L 12,000 3,658 Concrete 17/35 9,597 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
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 23,155,527 Aircraft movements 320,149
Source: SLC Airport Authority FAA

Salt Lake City International Airport (IATA: SLC, ICAO: KSLC, FAA LID: SLC) is a civil-military airport about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The airport is the closest commercial airport for more than 2.5 million people and is within a 30-minute drive of nearly 1.3 million jobs.

The airport is the fourth-largest hub for Delta Air Lines, as well as a hub for Delta Connection carrier SkyWest Airlines with nearly 300 daily departures, accounting for a 72.39% market share between October 2014 and September 2015. Following Delta and Delta Connection, the largest carriers are Southwest Airlines (11.11% market share), American Airlines (3.43%), and Alaska Airlines (2.56%).

In 2015, 22,141,610 passengers flew through Salt Lake City, representing a 5% increase from 2014. The airport is the twenty-first busiest airport in the United States by passenger count. There were 324,955 aircraft operations (takeoffs and landings) in 2014, about 900 per day. The airport is the fifteenth busiest airport in the United States and twenty-fourth in the world by operations.

As of April 2013 there were over 645 scheduled nonstop airline departures and arrivals per day to 89 cities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Europe.

Salt Lake City International Airport continues to rank high for on-time departures/arrivals and fewest flight cancellations among major US airports. The airport ranked first for on time departures and arrivals and second for percentage of cancellations as of September 2014.

The airport is owned by Salt Lake City Corporation and is administered by the Salt Lake City Department of Airports. The city owns and operates two nearby airports, South Valley Regional Airport and Tooele Valley Airport. The airport is financially self-sustaining with revenue generated from airline and passenger fees, concessions, vehicle parking, fuel, and leases for office and hangar space. It is the only major airport in the country with no outstanding debt.