Gallery Update: Salt Lake City International Airport, the Insider Edition!

One of the classes I'm taking this semester is called 'Air Transport Management.' Because of this class, my classmates and I had the opportunity to visit some of the facilities of the Salt Lake City International Airport and got an inside look at airport operations and see things first hand and up close with some of topics that have been covered in class. We were able to transit around the airport facilities via a bus tour. We had the opportunity to step out onto a closed runway and during transit in between facilities, I was able to snap a few photos of the airport traffic!

The tour was organized by the Utah Academic Chapter of the American Association of Airport Executives, the largest professional organization for airport professionals in the world. The primary goal of AAAE is to assist airport executives in fulfilling their responsibilities to the airports and communities they serve. By establishing a student chapter program for universities offering airport management and aviation related degrees, AAAE is able to achieve their goals by promoting professional development and instill professional attitudes in students engaged in the study of airport development, administration, management and operation or in related fields of aviation. I hereby acknowledge and thank the Utah AAAE Academic Chapter as well as the Aviation Science department of Utah Valley University for organizing this incredible experience! Special thanks also goes out to the Salt Lake City Department of Airports and the city itself for opening their doors to us!

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Delta Air Lines Airbus A319-114 (N371NB) taxiing for departure as DAL2244 to Santa Ana. Our tour bus ended up following this aircraft en route to our first stop of the tour!

Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-7H4 (N791SW) taxiing for departure as SWA304 to Phoenix.

Delta Air Lines Airbus A320-212 (N341NW) taxiing for departure as DAL2432 to Dallas-Fort Worth. Note the air traffic control tower in the background.

Delta Air Lines Boeing 737-832 (N3736C) taxiing for departure as DAL1883 to Las Vegas.

SkyWest Airlines (d/b/a Delta Connection) Bombardier CL-600-2C10 CRJ-700 (N630SK) taxiing for departure as SKW4557 for Phoenix.

SkyWest Airlines (d/b/a Delta Connection) Bombardier CL-600-2C10 CRJ-701 (N603QX) taxiing for departure as SKW4749 for Ontario, California. Tail number gives it away! Formerly with Horizon Air. I took this photo during transit to the south end of the airport.

Delta Air Lines Airbus A320-211 (N332NW) parked at one of the remote stands. Arrived earlier in the day as DAL2393 from Denver. Next flight of the day was to San Francisco as DAL1374.

United Airlines Airbus A320-232 (N482UA) parked at gate B7 after arrival from Chicago-O' Hare as UAL521. Airframe would return to Chicago as UAL571.

American Airlines Boeing 737-823 (N903NN) on push-back for departure to Dallas-Fort Worth as AAL1178.

SKW4749 departing overhead following rotation from 17. Our tour group was at the south end of the airport by the time this photo was taken. It's been so long since I got shots like this!

Air Canada Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW E-190AR (C-FHOY) parked at the remote stands. Scheduled to depart later as ACA7067 for Toronto-Pearson. Arrived two days prior from Toronto as ACA531. Air Canada reinstated flights to Salt Lake earlier this past spring. We were on our way to airport's winter equipment and de-icing facility when I took this photo.

Horizon Air (d/b/a Alaska Airlines) Bombardier DHC-8-401 Dash 8 Q400 (N405QX) parked at A8 after arrival from San Jose as QXE2586. Having seen these a lot back in Oregon, seeing this is here a sight for sore eyes!

United Airlines Airbus A320-232 (N488UA) on push-back for depart as UAL489 to Denver.

Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-8H4 (N8601C) on push-back for depart as SWA2653 to Chicago-Midway.

American Airlines Airbus A320-232 (N675AW) taxiing to the terminal after arrival from Phoenix as AAL450. Aiframe formerly with US Airways and America West Airlines.

Delta Air Lines Airbus A319-114 (N336NB) taxiing to the terminal after arrival from Santa Ana as DAL2257.

SkyWest Airlines Bombardier CL-600-2B19 CRJ-100ER (N988CA) taxiing to the terminal after arrival as SKW7386 from Grand Junction.

Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-232 (N6703D) parked on the remote stands. Scheduled to depart as DAL523 to Los Angeles. Arrived as DAL1983 from Portland, Oregon.

Delta Air Lines Boeing 737-832 (N393DA) parked on the remote stands. Arrived two days prior as DAL233 from Detroit.