- Fri Aug 28, 2020 7:52 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: SLC Terminal Construction News and Discussion Thread
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I live between SLC and PVU, and am really excited by this. A legacy carrier with a comprehensive connection network and multiple daily flights is a massive win for PVU. The only thing stopping me from using that airport all the time is the limited number of destinations and sub-daily frequency on mo...
Jump to postIt is unlikely, but when HA ordered the A321s, I wondered if they might try something like a small scissor hub at an airport like OAK. There is nothing to stop them from operating within the mainland states. Imagine 4 planes on routes from 4 mid-size mainland cities, timed to hub at OAK, and distrib...
Jump to postBYU on a Delta 757-200 to BOI to play Boise State: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL8893/history/20221104/2140Z/KPVU/KBOI Arizona on United 737-900 to SLC to play Utah: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL2531/history/20221104/2040Z/KTUS/KSLC Still looking for New Mexico's ride to Utah Stat...
Jump to postAs a local in SLC, I don't sense much demand to DUB or Ireland in general. But I've never looked closely at it. Among leisure destinations, my sense is that there would be more untapped demand in Scandinavia, perhaps to CPH, but I doubt it is viable except as a low-frequency charter. SLC service to ...
Jump to postFor US domestic: maybe ATA, and their Chicago Express regional operation. I flew them on MSP-MDW-IND and return in 2004.
International: Aerosvit/Aerosweet. Flew them one-way SVO-KBP in 2001, after visa issues forced a change from the scheduled UN (Transaero) DME-KBP flight.
Destination airports only, same trip only:
CPH: SK in, KL out
VIE: AZ in, OS out.
BOS: DL in, B6 out
I have a pretty good list of interline connections, but will skip that for now.
August 1997. My first flight was aboard a Delta L-1011, SLC-JFK. That remains the only TriStar in my log, as the return was a 767. I didn't realize how special that was until many years later.
Jump to postBZN-MSP with 7:
B738, A319, A320, CR9, E70, E75, MD90
N936EV and N685BR, both CRJ-200s, 5x apiece.
The CR2 is my most-logged type with 109 segments.
Just one: PRG-BTS
It is also my only ATR-42 and my only flight on OK, making it a very unique entry in my log.
Today: New Mexico flying back from BYU on a Meregrass Saab: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N813BB/history/20211114/0357Z/KPVU/KABQ This caught my eye, because I knew BYU just played SDSU and not UNM. After poking around at event schedules, I believe that this was actually the UNM cross-country...
Jump to postSpecial charter today, as the Utah Utes team flew to DAL to attend the memorial service for team member Aaron Lowe:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA ... /KSLC/KDAL
and just like that Monterey and Saint george are gone https://twitter.com/IshrionA/status/1430967088781434882?s=20 Pvu delayed two months All because the CEO doesn't seem to understand some of these markets, it seems. MRY and SGU are NOT winter tourist markets by any stretch of the imagination...no...
Jump to postHow can they fly both Boeing and Airbus equipment? I thought you could only be current on one type? Surely these airlines could send their own crews to pick up planes from storage? They also fly Q-series. Steve has said on Twitter that he is current on types ranging from Q400 to A340 and 777. That'...
Jump to postAmong the aircraft that have been in broad service during my adult life, the A340 remains conspicuously absent from my log. I fear that I may never get one at this point. I've never caught an A380 yet either. I assumed for a long time that they would be around for a long time and that I'd get plenty...
Jump to postVery exciting news. Opens up new long-thin route possibilities like YOW-LAX/SFO and YHZ-LAS. The former airport has long coveted those two routes. However, until now the right aircraft/airline mix has never existed for them. Now they do. YOW-LAX/SFO is tight for the E195-E2 on the westbound leg. YH...
Jump to postFrom the local press in SLC: https://www.ksl.com/article/50158611/utah-mom-who-gave-birth-on-flight-with-help-from-doctor-nurses-didnt-know-she-was-pregnant https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/utah-mom-gives-birth-on-flight-from-slc-to-hawaii FWIW, the images in the article clearly show a Delta...
Jump to postFrom what I've seen, the FA program is built around online courses, so final exams and the traditional academic calendar are less of an issue.
Jump to postSource told me that David Neelman was supposedly sighted flying MCO-PHX-SLC yesterday. Things must be ramping up very soon. Considering his ties to Utah that can mean anything. Speaking of which, I don't think that this flattering profile article from one of the Utah papers last month has been link...
Jump to post“E190/E185 flights to operate mainly very short flights 15-20 minutes, maximum 2 hours. Less time in the air, less fuel burn”. In total only 4 hours a day for times with most travel. I had three thoughts as I read this: 1. E185!?!?!?! 2. Lots of very short flights must mean they are doing milk runs...
Jump to postAnd good news just posted on the @slcairport twitter account: The world map from the floor of Terminal 1 has been successfully removed and will be reinstalled in the new Concourse B!
https://twitter.com/slcairport/status/1 ... 1338300416
100-year anniversary of SLC. https://www.ksl.com/article/50071705/from-woodward-field-to-salt-lake-city-international-airport-marks-100-years The airport created an anniversary webpage with a 92-page book and a 47-minute video. The book is available electronically for free. Both are are available h...
Jump to postBYU flying to Coastal Carolina today on a DL 739, PVU-MYR.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL ... /KPVU/KMYR
The new PVU terminal will open with just 4 gates, and I saw a previous rendering that showed one jet bridge and 3 ramp gates. Is that still the plan? That's a modest beginning, and is more similar to SGU than COS. A few years ago, before AS launched SLC, I was hopeful to see AS come in to PVU and se...
Jump to postBYU took a DL A321 PVU-BOI and return. It appears that the aircraft positioned from MSP, and the return flight then headed out to ATL. So MSP-PVU-BOI and BOI-PVU-ATL. It's easy to assume that DL would have rotated an aircraft from nearby SLC. But it doesn't always work that way. https://flightaware....
Jump to postThe release doesn't give exact dates. This could be just late April to early June? That is the shoulder season. Ski season is over, but summer tourism hasn't picked up yet. Probably the best scenario for them.
Jump to postBYU at Houston, DL A321, PVU-HOU
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL ... /KPVU/KHOU
Troy at BYU, Allegiant A320:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY ... /KMGM/KPVU
Per IMDB's list of filming locations, the movie was filmed at a variety of locations in Switzerland, a few spots in Arizona, and at the MGM lot in Culver City, CA. Could it possibly be a UA DC-10 landing in Switzerland? If not, maybe just stock footage that they grabbed. I haven't seen it. https://w...
Jump to postMy understanding is that D gates and all T1/T2 landside facilities close after 9/14. I have a probable work trip coming on 9/16, so hoping to get a good look at things then.
Jump to postThis is the new meet & greet room intended to keep SLC's welcoming parties out of the main flow. Photos again from @BenWinslow and @KatieMcKellar on Twitter: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EgdAeWgUwAA74oj?format=jpg&name=small https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EgdAeWiVgAA3Q1S?format=jpg&name=smal...
Jump to postMore photos from the unveiling event. From Ben Winslow on Twitter @BenWinslow: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Egc9BnnWsAAWPMj?format=jpg&name=small https://twitter.com/BenWinslow/status/1299074148002660353 From Katie McKellar on Twitter @KatieMcKellar1: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EgcpPM6UYAEpBY0?f...
Jump to postPictures starting to come out now from the VIP unveiling today: See here: https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/8/27/21403414/salt-lake-city-airport-rebuid-international-redevelopment-opening-billion-dollar-travel From Deseret News: https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/mcidAY7g7VzSJjVrAxdQeirkL1s=/0x0:2400x1...
Jump to postUnveiling Ceremony for the new terminal will be tomorrow, Aug 27, at 9:30 MDT. It looks like it will be streamed live. Details here:
https://slcairport.com/blog/ad/ev/en/virtual/
Here's a pic I haven't seen posted before https://i.ibb.co/2MdzY8R/1.jpg http://ibb.co/bvX4RHY Thanks for posting that. It gives some good context to prior discussion in the thread. It clearly shows the mid-concourse tunnel and shows the placement of the main tunnel for the next phase. It also show...
Jump to postMurals in mid-concourse tunnel, from Twitter @SLCAirport:
https://twitter.com/slcairport/status/1 ... 1352229889
Any new pics ? On Twitter, SLC announced that they are shooting the terminal interior with a drone to create a virtual fly-through tour. I'm looking forward to that. This is the latest from the official gallery: https://slcairport.com/assets/Uploads/Elements/PhotoGallery/The-Canyon-progress-July-20...
Jump to postThere is an article in the Salt Lake Tribune today that discusses the recent history of accidents at the South Valley Regional airport. They list 8 specific incidents in the past 10 years. https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2020/07/29/eight-crashes-years-is/ This is an opportunity to bring up a qu...
Jump to postDensity altitude was my first thought. The field elevation at U42 is about 4600 feet, and air temperature at the time of the crash was about 92F. The home base of the aircraft appears to be in Virginia, and most of the recent flights are in Virginia and North Carolina per flightaware records. It arr...
Jump to postAnother unfortunate update:
One additional fatality, as the woman whose house was hit has died in the hospital.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/07/27/ ... ing-funds/
The aircraft had just departed South Valley Regional Airport (U42), a GA facility about 12 miles south of SLC. Six souls on board, three fatalities reported. At least 3 homes on the ground were damaged in the ensuing fire. One person on the ground was injured. Based on flightaware, it appears to be ...
Jump to postI just watched it turning from downwind leg onto final over West Jordan. Beautiful.
Jump to postFlightaware shows Dreamlifter arrival from ANC at 9:34 am.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/GTI ... /PANC/KSLC
So when it opens, does everyone move over to the new gates and the old concourses, parking lot and terminal are quickly torn down? The old terminals and parking structure come down immediately. The original plan was that two of the old concourses would remain with a temporary connection to the new ...
Jump to postNew terminals look nice! I find it a bit bittersweet however. I have fond memories of the current soon to be old SLC even though they're not the most stylish, modern, or inviting. Agreed. I grew up in southern Idaho, but SLC was the local airport. I have fond (but increasingly faint) memories of ex...
Jump to postHere is a recent aerial view from SLC website, looking northwest.. The structural work for Phase 1 is pretty much complete. 
source: https://www.slcairport.com/thenewslc/re ... s-gallery/
SLC twitter just posted this picture of a DL A321 being used for gate fitting tests on the new A concourse. Opening is less than 3 months away!
Source:
https://twitter.com/slcairport/status/1 ... 0101874689
FWIW: Here is a fabulous old Pan Am route map. The legend says "Copyright 1956", but the fine print in the bottom margin says "Revised 2/64". The host website says that this edition shows route updates as of 1 Jan 1963. The map simply shows "Panama City." My first insti...
Jump to postI realize that this issue has already generated a separate thread, but I think that it's good to make sure that there is a record of it here: Due to reduced demand resulting from the pandemic, airport leadership has proposed a plan to accelerate construction. When Phase 1 opens this fall, they inten...
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