Thread: SLC Installs Ski Induct Belt

“This is ski country,“During a traditional winter, you see skis everywhere, and it really can impede passenger transit around the airport.”

Now, passengers can induct their skis, golf clubs, bike boxes and other oversize bags at any of SLC’s bag check stations. Oversize pushers ensure that large items are directed to the oversize shoots. This largely eliminates the need for personnel to transport them via carts and therefore reduces the potential for mishandling.
Officials from SLC studied other airports with similar baggage needs for design inspiration—especially other popular ski destinations such as Jackson Hole Airport in Wyoming. “They’re handling skis on a much smaller scale than we do here, but it showed the ability to convey them down the conveyor lines and pass them through the scanning machines, which eliminates a lot of TSA handwork,” explains Noel Spraggins, baggage systems project manager for the airport redevelopment project.