Salt Lake City International Airport
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The Salt Lake City International Airport is the international airport of Salt Lake City in the U.S. state of Utah. It is the second largest aviation hub of Delta Airlines. The airport consists of three terminals (Terminal 1 and 2 as well as the international terminal). Among them, there are five departure halls (Concourse AE). There are four start and runways, all of which run in a north-south direction.
History
The beginnings of the airport are located in a small airstrip, which was opened in 1911. In 1920 the airfield the name Woodward Field and it began airmail flights. 1926, the first commercial passenger flight took place. The airport was renamed in 1930 in Salt Lake City Municipal Airport, 1968 in Salt Lake City International Airport.
The airport has repeatedly been massively expanded and modernized. Since 1982, the airport is a hub for Western Airlines, which later merged with Delta Air Lines.
Terminals, airlines and destinations
The Salt Lake City International Airport has three terminals with five departure halls (Concourse AE). In Terminal 1, the departure halls A and B. The terminal will be used by all airlines, but not primarily of Delta, for domestic flights. Terminal 2 is used exclusively by Delta and the flying for Delta tributaries for domestic flights. This terminal to E are assigned the departure halls C. The third terminal is used for international flights, where entry controls are necessary. These are essentially Flights from Mexico. For flights from Canada, the controls are usually already at the departure airport carried out (see United States Border preclearance ), so that they are as national flights per day.
There are virtually all major U.S. airports without having to change achievable. A total of 100 destinations are served directly. In June 2008 the first intercontinental route was opened in the history of the airport with flights to Paris.
The most frequently served international destinations are:
- Calgary and Vancouver ( SkyWest Airlines)
- Cancún, Guadalajara, Mexico City and Paris (Delta Airlines)
- Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta (Delta and SkyWest )
Statistics
The airport in 2007 was world ranked 24 of the largest U.S. airports and number 54, as measured by passenger numbers. A total of 20,824,098 passengers were counted. Considering the number of flights, the airport is even (worldwide) in 16th place (national ) or 19th place. For an airport of this size wraps Salt Lake City unusual amount of general aviation traffic, so sport flying and the like, from. The airport also promotes with its comparatively high punctuality.
New
The airport is to be completely demolished and rebuilt within eight years.