KSLC · Salt Lake City International Airport

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH · LARGE AIRPORT · SCHEDULED SERVICE

4,227

Elevation ft

Runways

12,002

Longest ft · 16L/34R

40.79N

111.98W

Salt Lake City International Airport serves Salt Lake City, Utah at 4,227 ft elevation with its longest runway, 16L/34R, at 12,002 by 150 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
16L/34R	12,002 × 150 ft	asphalt	lit
16R/34L	12,000 × 150 ft	concrete	lit
17/35	9,596 × 150 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 4,227 ft is about 7°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 7°C)	4,227 ft	3,262 ft	2,556 ft	3,834 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	5,427 ft	3,496 ft	2,683 ft	4,024 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	6,627 ft	3,731 ft	2,809 ft	4,214 ft
35°C afternoon	7,641 ft	3,928 ft	2,916 ft	4,374 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (16L/34R, 12,002 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,374 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at KSLC is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KSVR South Valley Regional Airport	10 nm S	5,862 ft
KTVY Bolinder Field Tooele Valley Airport	20 nm SW	6,102 ft
KOGD Ogden Hinckley Airport	24 nm N	8,107 ft
KHCR Heber Valley Airport	31 nm SE	6,898 ft
KPVU Provo Municipal Airport	36 nm S	8,603 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KSLC

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KSLC, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at KSLC or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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