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Salt Lake City International Airport is a civil-military airport about west of Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The airport is the closest commercial airport for more than 2.5 million people〔(2006 population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau ) Retrieved on March 5, 2008.〕 and is within a 30-minute drive of nearly 1.3 million jobs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=947118327175611311 )〕 The airport is the fourth largest hub for Delta Air Lines, as well as a hub for Delta Connection carrier SkyWest Airlines with nearly 300 daily departures, accounting for a 72.62% market share between September 2014 and August 2015. Following Delta and Delta Connection, the largest carriers are Southwest Airlines (11.05% market share), American Airlines (3.17%), and Alaska Airlines (2.59%). In 2014, 21,141,610 passengers flew through Salt Lake City, representing a 4.73% increase from 2013.〔 The airport is the twenty-first busiest airport in the United States by passenger count. There were 324,955 aircraft operations (takeoffs and landings) in 2014, about 900 per day. The airport is the fifteenth busiest airport in the United States and twenty fourth in the world by operations.〔World's busiest airports by traffic movements〕 As of April 2013 there were over 645 scheduled airline departures and arrivals per day to 89 nonstop cities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Europe.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.slcairport.com/slc-fast-facts.asp )〕 Salt Lake City International Airport continues to rank high for on time departures/arrivals and fewest flight cancellations among major US airports. The airport ranked first for on time departures and arrivals and second for percentage of cancellations as of September 2014.〔 The airport is owned by Salt Lake City Corporation and is administered by the Salt Lake City Department of Airports. The city owns and operates two nearby airports, South Valley Regional Airport and Tooele Valley Airport. The airport is financially self-sustaining with revenue generated from airline and passenger fees, concessions, vehicle parking, fuel, and leases for office and hangar space. It is the only major airport in the country with no outstanding debt. The airport has free Wi-Fi internet access.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.slcairport.com/airport-services.asp )〕 ==History== In 1911 a site for an air field was chosen on Basque Flats, named for Spanish-French sheep herders who worked the fields in the then-desolate area of the Salt Lake Valley. A cinder-covered landing strip was created, far better than the small fields at the Utah State Fairpark which had previously been used. The Great International Aviation Carnival was held the same year and brought aviation pioneers representing Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company and a team representing the Wright Brothers to Salt Lake City. World-famous aviator Glenn H. Curtiss brought his newly invented Seaplane to the carnival, a type of airplane which had never been demonstrated to the public before. Curtiss took off from the nearby Great Salt Lake, awing the 20,000 spectators and making international headlines. For several years the new field was used mainly for training and aerobatic flights. That would change in 1920 when the United States Postal Service (USPS) began air mail service to Salt Lake City. The airport expanded and hangars and other buildings began to appear. In the same year, the airfield was given the name Woodward Field, named for John P. Woodward, a local aviator. In 1925 the postal service began awarding contracts to private companies. Western Air Express, the first private company to carry U.S. mail, began flying from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles via Las Vegas. Less than a year later Western Air Express would begin flying passengers along the same route. Western Air Express later became Western Airlines, which had a large hub in Salt Lake City.〔 Charles Lindbergh visited Woodward Field in 1927 drawing many spectators to see The Spirit of St. Louis. During the next few years the airport would gain another runway and would span over . In 1930 the airport was renamed Salt Lake City Municipal Airport.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.slcairport.com/airport-history.asp )〕 The first terminal and airport administration building was built in 1933 at a cost of $52,000. By then United Airlines had begun serving Salt Lake City on flights between New York City and San Francisco.〔 As air travel became more popular and the United States Air Force established a base at the airport during World War II, a third runway was added ((Runway diagram for 1955 )). The April 1957 (OAG ) (formerly the Official Airline Guide) shows 42 weekday departures: 18 on Western, 17 United and 7 Frontier. United had flown nonstop to Chicago since 1950, but a New York nonstop didn't start until 1968. The first jets were United 720s in September 1960. A new terminal was needed and work began on the west side of the airport on Terminal 1, designed by Brazier Montmorency Hayes & Talbot and dedicated in 1960 after seven years of work and a cost of $8 million.〔(The Ashton, Evans, and Brazier Papers )〕 In 1968 the airport became Salt Lake City International Airport〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Airport History )〕 when a non-stop route to Calgary, Canada was awarded to Western Airlines. After airline deregulation in 1978 hub airports appeared. Western Airlines, with ties to Salt Lake City since its inception, chose the airport as one of its hubs. Terminal 2 was designed by Montmorency Hayes & Talbot and built solely for Western and had several murals by artist LeConte Stewart. During the 1980s the airport saw further expansion to both terminals as well as runway extension. In 1987 Western Airlines merged with Delta Air Lines. Salt Lake City would continue to be a major airline hub. In 1991 the airport opened a new short-term parking garage. The airport opened a new runway in 1995 along with the International Terminal and E concourse for SkyWest Airlines, which was designed by Gensler.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Salt Lake City International Airport Commuter Terminal and International Arrivals Building )〕 A new control tower, new approach control facility, and a new fire station were opened in 1999.〔 Concourse E was expanded in 2001 for additional gates. SkyWest Airlines opened its new maintenance hangar and training facility during the same year. In 2002, the airport saw heavy crowds as Salt Lake City welcomed over one million visitors for the Winter Olympics. Recently the airport has upgraded its access roads and parking facilities in preparation for a new terminal. The airport has made minor upgrades to the terminals and concourses including expansion of baggage claim facilities. During the terror scare after the Paris terror attacks, three days later an Air France plane traveling from Los Angeles, California to Paris, France was diverted to Salt Lake City International Airport due to a bomb threat on the aircraft. The aircraft was the largest plane to ever land at the airport. The airport workers had only 15 minutes to get ready for the emergency landing. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Salt Lake City International Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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