Salt Lake City, UT–The Salt Lake City Department of Airports (SLCDA) will be turning out the lights on sections of the original airport the morning of Sept. 15 as the first phase of The New SLC opens its doors.
Overnight, Terminals 1 and 2, the International Terminal and the parking garage will close and the New SLC parking garage, central terminal and Concourse A-west will open for business. Concourses C, F and G of the original airport will remain open for six weeks until Oct. 27 when Concourse B-west opens. At that point, the following airlines will move into Concourse B: Alaska, American, Frontier, JetBlue, Southwest and United.
Passengers who have trips planned when the transition to the new parking garage occurs are encouraged to park in the economy lot rather than in the original garage. Cars that are parked in the original garage the morning of Sept. 15, will be moved to the new garage and a parking attendant will be on site to assist passengers to locate their vehicles. There will be no access to the original parking garage after Sept. 14 at midnight. During the remainder of 2020, the charge to park in the garage will be reduced to $20 daily.
Passengers planning to travel the morning of Sept. 15 will access the airport via a new roadway. An elevated roadway is available for passenger drop off, while passenger pick up is at ground level. Passengers taking TRAX will take a shuttle from the end of the existing TRAX line to the new airport for approx. eight months while the new TRAX line is build out to the new Terminal building.
The first flight out Sept. 15 is Delta Air Lines flight #2020 from SLC to ATL departing at 6:00 a.m. The first flight to arrive is Delta’s flight #3540 from IDA. Passengers departing and arriving will be greeted with a water salute and each will be given an airport coin to commemorate opening day.
SLCDA has added a navigational map to the SLC International phone app to help passengers find their way. The app is available to download on Google or Apple. The airport encourages all passengers to allow extra time to find parking and access their gate, especially those flying out of the original airport, since the walk from the new terminal to the original airport will take longer.
Due to the pandemic, access to the airport is remains limited to ticketed passengers, employees or individuals doing business with the airport. Those picking up passengers should do so curbside or in the parking garage. The Park and Wait lot is also available to drivers waiting to pick up passengers.
For more information, go to www.slcairport.com
