Airport Experience® News - Retail Issue 2026

LATEST BUZZ PEAK ELEVATION Salt Lake City International Airport Charges Ahead With Phase 4 Development To Secure Future Capacity

BY DAVID GORDON

n recent years, travel through Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) has climbed well past what

2020, Phase 2 in October 2023, and Phase 3 in October 2024. Four gates opened on July 14, 2026, and the final seven gates and six concessions will open on October 27, 2026, for a total of 101 concessions, 94 aircraft gates and four hardstand positions. Completion of the final phase brings the full vision of the redevelopment together in one connected facility for the first time. The program runs entirely on airline user fees, airport cash reserves, rental car fees, passenger facility charges and airport revenue bonds, a funding structure that has held steady across all four phases.

Above: The fourth and final phase of Salt Lake City International Airport’s $5.1 billion redevelopment program is in the final stages, positioning the airport for long-term growth. Credit: HOK Bruce Damonte

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the facility was built to handle, and the airport is closing in on the final stretch of a $5.1 billion redevelopment built to catch up with that growth. Phase 4, the last piece of the plan, opens in October 2026, completing a multi year capital improvement effort that has already reshaped SLC across three earlier phases. The New SLC Redevelopment Program broke ground in July 2014. Phase 1 of The New SLC opened in September

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