įor several years, the new field was used mainly for training and aerobatic flights. Curtiss took off from the nearby Great Salt Lake, awing the 20,000 spectators and making international headlines. Curtiss brought his newly invented Seaplane to the carnival, a type of airplane that had never been demonstrated to the public. 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. 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, where a cinder-covered landing was subsequently created.

The airport is owned by the City of Salt Lake City and is administered by the municipal Department of Airports. The airport ranked first for on-time departures and arrivals and first for the percentage of cancellations as of April 2017. Salt Lake City International Airport continues to rank high for on-time departures/arrivals and the fewest flight cancellations among major US airports. It is by far the busiest airport in Utah. The airport sees 343 scheduled nonstop airline departures per day to 93 cities in North America and Europe. The airport serves as a hub for Delta Air Lines and is a major gateway to the Intermountain West and West Coast. The airport is the closest commercial airport for more than 2.5 million people and is within a 30-minute drive of nearly 1.3 million jobs. Salt Lake City International Airport ( IATA: SLC, ICAO: KSLC, FAA LID: SLC) is a civil-military airport located about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States. Source: Salt Lake City International Airport

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