Salt Lake City International Airport safety profile
30 recorded occurrences at or near Salt Lake City International Airport (1989–2024): 8 at the airport, 22 nearby; 3 fatal, 4 fatalities.
What happens most
Runway incursions
The FAA Runway Safety database records 247 runway incursions at this airport, including 1 serious (Category A/B) events. Full runway incursion history.
Notable investigated occurrences
- 2020-06-25 — Sonex Light Sport, Jason Sorensen (2 fatalities) — 7.2 km
- 2022-07-14 — Corporate Air — 0.2 km
- 2019-11-09 — Medical Management Inc — 0.1 km
- 2017-03-24 — Boulder Capital Inc. — 1.7 km
- 2014-03-21 — Bellanca 17-31ATC, GREGORY G PAGE DDS PC — 2.0 km
- 2013-11-23 — 0.7 km
- 2011-04-06 — Upper Limit Aviation — 0.2 km
- 2010-11-24 — Delta Connection — 0.2 km
- 2010-07-16 — Pathfinder Helicopters — 0.2 km
- 2009-08-03 — Charles R. McDermott — 3.1 km
- 2009-03-29 — FRITZI JET LLC — 1.7 km
- 2009-02-21 — SKYWEST AIRLINES INC — 0.2 km
Runways
- 16L/34R: 12,002 ft, ASP, lighted
- 16R/34L: 12,000 ft, CON, lighted
- 17/35: 9,596 ft, ASP, lighted
- 14/32: 4,893 ft, ASP, lighted
Weather patterns
- Fog: 26.296 days/year
- Thunderstorms: 31.296 days/year
- Snow: 48.493 days/year
- Crosswind >15kt: 0.112% of observations
- Crosswind >25kt: 0.002% of observations
Counts reflect occurrences geo-attached within 25 km of the airport from our investigation-record corpus; they are not a complete history and are not a safety ranking. A recorded occurrence decades ago says little about operations today.