Salt Lake City International Airport safety profile

30 recorded occurrences at or near Salt Lake City International Airport (19892024): 8 at the airport, 22 nearby; 3 fatal, 4 fatalities.

What happens most

By year

  • 20241 (0 fatal)
  • 20231 (0 fatal)
  • 20223 (0 fatal)
  • 20212 (0 fatal)
  • 20201 (1 fatal)
  • 20191 (0 fatal)
  • 20181 (0 fatal)
  • 20171 (0 fatal)
  • 20151 (0 fatal)
  • 20142 (0 fatal)
  • 20131 (0 fatal)
  • 20111 (0 fatal)
  • 20104 (0 fatal)
  • 20093 (0 fatal)
  • 20082 (0 fatal)
  • 19971 (1 fatal)
  • 19961 (0 fatal)
  • 19893 (1 fatal)

By flight phase

  • Other / unknown21
  • Landing3
  • On the ground3
  • Approach2
  • Cruise1

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

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.