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- Salt Lake City International Airport is named a top North American airport by Airports Council International.
- The airport ranks among the best for enjoyment and cleanliness in North America, too.
- Airport officials view passenger feedback as a sign that ongoing improvements are working.
SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City International Airport is one of the best airports in North America, according to a recent survey of worldwide passengers.
The airport was named alongside New York's LaGuardia Airport as the best airport in North America among facilities that receive 25 million to 40 million passengers, according to the Airports Council International's 2025 ASQ Customer Experience Awards.
Utah's largest airport was also honored as one of the three most enjoyable airports and cleanest airports in North America, joining airports in Florida, Michigan and South Carolina.
"It's very exciting for us to get this recognition," said Bill Wyatt, director of the Salt Lake airport, as passengers moved around the airport around him on Tuesday.
The results are based on on-site passenger surveys, standardized questionnaires and various datasets that seek to gather feedback about airports all over the world from flyers, according to the Airports Council International.
This is meant to ensure all results are comparable across airports, thus celebrating "meaningful excellence." The awards are then handed out to airports of comparable sizes across six regions.
Feedback was collected at hundreds of airports across 110 countries.
"I think people are telling us with their votes that they really like it," Wyatt said.
Salt Lake City's new airport opened in 2020, allowing it to expand as Utah's capital city and the state grows. It's expanded a few times since then as the project — over a decade in the making — is completed.
There's also more to come. Construction crews are still on track to complete the initial build of the new Salt Lake City International Airport by this fall, adding 11 more gates to complete Concourse B.
Future additions will be based on passenger demand, but airport officials don't expect to reach those thresholds until sometime in the 2030s.
