SLC · Salt Lake City, United States
Salt Lake City International Airport.
--:--:-- · MDT (UTC-06:00) · 40.7889° N, 111.9799° W
Salt Lake City International Airport
Airport in Utah, United States
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for SLC
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 3887; ident KSLC; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
slcairport.com
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
Salt Lake City International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
21 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
SLC / KSLC
OurAirports ident
KSLC
GPS / local code
KSLC / SLC
ISO region
US-UT
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
slcairport.com
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q526488
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 8:22 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--MDT · UTC-06:00
Time zone
MDT
America/Denver · UTC-06:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
8.1 km
Approximate distance to central Salt Lake City.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Washington, D.C.
Languages
English
Currency
USD ($)
Country area
9,525,067 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
4 runways
Longest runway
12,002 ft / 3,658 m
Runway surface
asphalt (3), concrete
Opened / operator
1911
Owner / entity
Salt Lake City
Hub airlines
Delta Air Lines
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
21 source-backed signals
Salt Lake City International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for Salt Lake City, United States. Salt Lake City's built-up core sits roughly 8.1 km from the terminal area. Operations run on America/Denver (UTC-06:00, MDT). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC / KSLC) is at 40.7889° N, 111.9799° W, elevation 4,227 ft (1,288 m), serving Salt Lake City, United States.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Salt Lake City is in United States (capital Washington, D.C.); regulated by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); on America/Denver (MDT, UTC-06:00); working languages: English; currency: USD ($).
Distance from central Salt Lake City: 8 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for SLC.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC / KSLC)
Salt Lake City International Airport · Airport in Utah, United States
Source identifiers
KSLC · KSLC · SLC · US-UT
slcairport.com · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Regional role cue
The airport serves as a hub for Delta Air Lines and is a major gateway to the Intermountain West and West Coast.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for SLC; not treated as a live service guarantee.
Location cue
Salt Lake City International Airport is a joint civil-military international airport located about 4 mi west of Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Used to make the airport page location-specific beyond the code, coordinate, and timezone record.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Salt Lake City
salt-lake-city · 8.1 km from SLC
United States · America/Denver · +0h · population 215,548 · city coordinates 40.7608, -111.8911
2. North Salt Lake
north-salt-lake · 9.0 km from SLC
United States · America/Denver · +0h · population 19,796 · city coordinates 40.8486, -111.9069
3. West Valley City
west-valley-city · 11 km from SLC
United States · America/Denver · +0h · population 136,208 · city coordinates 40.6916, -112.0011
4. South Salt Lake
south-salt-lake · 11 km from SLC
United States · America/Denver · +0h · population 24,788 · city coordinates 40.7188, -111.8883
5. Magna
magna · 14 km from SLC
United States · America/Denver · +0h · population 26,505 · city coordinates 40.7091, -112.1016
6. Taylorsville
taylorsville · 14 km from SLC
United States · America/Denver · +0h · population 60,514 · city coordinates 40.6677, -111.9388
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. BOI KBOI
Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field · Boise
466 km from SLC · America/Boise · +0h · elevation 2,871 ft (875 m) · airport coordinates 43.5644, -116.2230
2. LAS KLAS
Harry Reid International Airport · Las Vegas
592 km from SLC · America/Los_Angeles · -1h · elevation 2,181 ft (665 m) · airport coordinates 36.0834, -115.1518
3. DEN KDEN
Denver International Airport · Denver
628 km from SLC · America/Denver · +0h · elevation 5,431 ft (1,655 m) · airport coordinates 39.8600, -104.6738
Route-time reference set
1. SLC-BOI
Boise · 466 km · 1h 25m
America/Boise · +0h from SLC; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. SLC-LAS
Las Vegas · 592 km · 1h 35m
America/Los_Angeles · -1h from SLC; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. SLC-DEN
Denver · 628 km · 1h 38m
America/Denver · +0h from SLC; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
4 runways
Longest runway 12,002 ft / 3,658 m. 4 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
asphalt (3), concrete
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for SLC.
Runway identifiers
14/32 · 16L/34R · 16R/34L · 17/35
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. BOI KBOI
Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field · Boise · 466 km from SLC
large airport · America/Boise · united-states · 2,871 ft (875 m) · 43.5644, -116.2230
2. LAS KLAS
Harry Reid International Airport · Las Vegas · 592 km from SLC
large airport · America/Los_Angeles · united-states · 2,181 ft (665 m) · 36.0834, -115.1518
3. DEN KDEN
Denver International Airport · Denver · 628 km from SLC
large airport · America/Denver · united-states · 5,431 ft (1,655 m) · 39.8600, -104.6738
4. COS KCOS
City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport · Colorado Springs · 660 km from SLC
large airport · America/Denver · united-states · 6,187 ft (1,886 m) · 38.8058, -104.7010
5. RNO KRNO
Reno Tahoe International Airport · Reno · 677 km from SLC
large airport · America/Los_Angeles · united-states · 4,415 ft (1,346 m) · 39.4991, -119.7680
6. ABQ KABQ
Albuquerque International Sunport · Albuquerque · 794 km from SLC
large airport · America/Denver · united-states · 5,355 ft (1,632 m) · 35.0400, -106.6089
Accepted operational notes
Source note 1
The airport serves as a hub for Delta Air Lines and is a major gateway to the Intermountain West and West Coast.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for SLC.
Source note 2
It is by far the busiest airport in Utah.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for SLC.
Country and authority
SLC sits in United States (United States of America), whose capital is Washington, D.C.. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the national civil-aviation authority we name for regulator context. Country context: Americas, North America.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: English. Currency context: USD ($). SLC is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Reference description
Airport in Utah, United States. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Source-specific cues
Regional role cue: The airport serves as a hub for Delta Air Lines and is a major gateway to the Intermountain West and West Coast. Location cue: Salt Lake City International Airport is a joint civil-military international airport located about 4 mi west of Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q526488 · Salt Lake City International Airport. Owner / owning body: Salt Lake City. Administrative area: Utah · Salt Lake City. Named after: Salt Lake City
Field and clock profile
Salt Lake City International Airport is a high-elevation field at 4,227 ft (1,288 m), positioned at 40.7889° N, 111.9799° W in the Northern mid-latitudes. The runway snapshot lists 4 runways and a longest runway of 12,002 ft / 3,658 m. The airport clock uses America/Denver (MDT, UTC-06:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Salt Lake City is the closest retained city-time anchor at 8.1 km. BOI Boise is the closest retained airport alternative at 466 km.
Country airport peers
SLC is compared with BOI Boise at 466 km, LAS Las Vegas at 592 km, DEN Denver at 628 km, COS Colorado Springs at 660 km, RNO Reno at 677 km inside the retained United States airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
Route geometry
SLC-BOI Boise: 466 km, about 1h 25m, +0h. SLC-LAS Las Vegas: 592 km, about 1h 35m, -1h. SLC-DEN Denver: 628 km, about 1h 38m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident KSLC backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. slcairport.com is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Delta Air Lines
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
4 runways · longest 12,002 ft / 3,658 m
Runway identifiers
14/32, 16L/34R, 16R/34L, 17/35
OurAirports classifies SLC as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Salt Lake City.
SLC (KSLC) is a high-elevation field at 4,227 ft (1,288 m) in the mid-latitudes, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
SLC also has a clear airline-network role: the source summary describes it as delta air lines and is a major gateway to the intermountain west and west coast.
SLC's runway record lists 4 runways, with the longest runway at 12,002 ft / 3,658 m and source surfaces recorded as asphalt (3), concrete.
Civil aviation oversight for SLC runs through Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); a more specific operator record is not currently in our source set.
- The airport serves as a hub for Delta Air Lines and is a major gateway to the Intermountain West and West Coast.
- It is by far the busiest airport in Utah.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at slcairport.com, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for SLC
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
SLC uses America/Denver (MDT, UTC-06:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Salt Lake City International Airport is about 8.1 km from central Salt Lake City; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
BOI Boise is the closest retained alternate at 466 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
slcairport.com is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place SLC inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
SLC ranks #85 in the curated United States airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 94 airports.
Same-zone airport cohort
SLC shares America/Denver with ABQ Albuquerque US · COS Colorado Springs US · DEN Denver US · ELP El Paso US. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
SLC is 4,227 ft (1,288 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include TNR 4,198 ft (1,280 m) (29 ft delta) · PYK 4,170 ft (1,271 m) (57 ft delta) · FBM 4,295 ft (1,309 m) (68 ft delta) · PTG 4,076 ft (1,242 m) (151 ft delta) · KTM 4,390 ft (1,338 m) (163 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
SLC's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are BOI 466 km +0h · LAS 592 km -1h · DEN 628 km +0h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise | BOI | 466 km | 1h 25m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Las Vegas | LAS | 592 km | 1h 35m | -1h | --:--:-- |
| Denver | DEN | 628 km | 1h 38m | +0h | --:--:-- |
SLC to BOI
Boise
Distance 466 km; estimated travel window 1h 25m; destination zone America/Boise is +0h from SLC. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
SLC to LAS
Las Vegas
Distance 592 km; estimated travel window 1h 35m; destination zone America/Los_Angeles is -1h from SLC. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
SLC to DEN
Denver
Distance 628 km; estimated travel window 1h 38m; destination zone America/Denver is +0h from SLC. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
Central Salt Lake City is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
Salt Lake City is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Salt Lake City International Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from SLC, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Salt Lake City
salt-lake-city · 8.1 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
North Salt Lake
north-salt-lake · 9.0 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
West Valley City
west-valley-city · 11 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
South Salt Lake
south-salt-lake · 11 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Magna
magna · 14 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Taylorsville
taylorsville · 14 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Bountiful
bountiful · 14 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Millcreek
millcreek · 14 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Kearns
kearns · 14 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Murray
murray-5778755 · 16 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Centerville
centerville-5772654 · 17 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
East Millcreek
east-millcreek · 17 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Salt Lake City International Airport is associated in the current source trail with Delta Air Lines, which makes carrier-specific schedule checks especially important before acting on a route plan.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Boise (BOI), Las Vegas (LAS), Denver (DEN). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Delta Air Lines and is a major gateway to the Intermountain West and West Coast.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 4 runways; longest runway 12,002 ft / 3,658 m; identifiers 14/32, 16L/34R, 16R/34L.
- Runway surfaces: asphalt (3), concrete; 4 lighted runways in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1911.
- Network role: Delta Air Lines.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from SLC. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Boise Air Terminal/Gowen FieldBOI
Boise · large airport
- Distance
- 466 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 2,871 ft (875 m)
Compare against BOI when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Harry Reid International AirportLAS
Las Vegas · large airport
- Distance
- 592 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- -1h
- Elevation
- 2,181 ft (665 m)
Compare against LAS when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Denver International AirportDEN
Denver · large airport
- Distance
- 628 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 5,431 ft (1,655 m)
Compare against DEN when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) in?▾
Salt Lake City International Airport is in the America/Denver timezone (UTC-06:00, MDT).
What are the codes for Salt Lake City International Airport?▾
Salt Lake City International Airport uses IATA code SLC and ICAO code KSLC.
Where is Salt Lake City International Airport located?▾
Salt Lake City International Airport is located in Salt Lake City, United States at coordinates 40.7889° N, 111.9799° W, with an elevation of 4,227 ft (1,288 m) (high-elevation field in the mid-latitudes).
How far is Salt Lake City International Airport from central Salt Lake City?▾
Salt Lake City International Airport sits roughly 8.1 km from the nearest mapped city center for Salt Lake City.
Which route reference is most useful from SLC?▾
Boise (BOI) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 25m, destination timezone America/Boise, and a +0h difference from SLC.
Which authority regulates SLC?▾
Salt Lake City International Airport sits inside United States, where civil aviation oversight is led by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
What other airports in United States are close peers to SLC?▾
SLC's curated peers in United States on this site include BOI Boise, LAS Las Vegas, DEN Denver, plus 3 more.
How many runways does Salt Lake City International Airport have?▾
Salt Lake City International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 4 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 12,002 ft / 3,658 m; identifiers include 14/32, 16L/34R, 16R/34L.