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<\/a><\/p>\nThe preceding flight from Sacramento to Salt Lake City went without indecent. Our arrival was at 8:50am from Sacramento and we had a little over than a 2-hour layover. Normally we would find an airport lounge somewhere and enjoy some quiet tie until our next flight. In Salt Lake City the only lounge is the habitually crowded Delta Sky Club<\/a><\/span>, and so we decided to split our time and also have a leisurely breakfast at\u00a0Cat Cora’s Kitchen restaurant.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cat Cora’s Kitchen is located Concourse B, lower level. At Salt Lake City all the concourses are connected and usually a relatively short walk from one concourse to another. Breakfast was\u00a0excellent, and afterward we stopped by the Delta Sky Club for a short visit on our way the gate. Again I reviewed the Salt Lake City Delta\u00a0Sky Club on an earlier visit which can be read here<\/a><\/span> (as well as link above). Our flight was leaving out of the E gates (E77)\u00a0so\u00a045 minutes before hand we\u00a0left the club to walk\u00a0to the\u00a0Concourse E.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The E concourses are setup for small regional\u00a0aircrafts,\u00a0and there is\u00a0an elongated glass window encased\u00a0corridor that is a part of the “permanent jetway”. After having your boarding pass scanned and passing through the gate\u00a0door, you enter a small access corridor shared with the other gates in the vicinity. At the end of that is the entrance\u00a0to the main corridor\u00a0and that\u00a0leads to all the “doors” which access the open tarmac for outdoor mobile-stair loading. It’s a non-typical setup and the only similar situation I’ve seen is the\u00a0C concourse gates at Seattle for the Bombardier Q400s that Alaska Airlines flies<\/a><\/span>. I would guess other airports use a similar situation for small regional jets, but again I’ve only seen it at Salt Lake City and Seattle. As you pass through the first leg of the main corridor you can see the construction for the terminal on the left had side.<\/p>\n At the end of the main corridor are doors 23 and 24. As you walk through the door you step onto the ramp and then up the mobile stairway. There were several CRJ aircraft parked at this end of the ramp. The weather was clear and we walked up the metal stairs and extension and into our plane. The Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-200 has 50 coach seats in 13 and 12 rows of double seats. There is no Delta Comfort+\u00a0seating and the\u00a0seat width is 17″ with 31″ pitch. Not bad for a small regional.\u00a0Upon entering the plane there was another individual taking pictures of the cabin and I had to laugh to myself. What are the odds of this on a little regional flight.<\/p>\n Susan and her daughter were 3A and 3B. The guy who sat down next to me had to be 6’6″, at least. He really had to scrunch up to fit in 2C. Fortunately it’s a short flight. Door close came at 10 minute before 11:00am; pushback was 5 minutes later and 5 minutes early. It took approximately 20 minute to get out to the runaway and prepare for takeoff, which went smooth. Another advantage of the little regional jets is how smooth takeoff and landings are. The weather was clear and it was a nice day to travel.<\/p>\n Our flight was quick and the only service offered was a beverage and package snack (pretzels).\u00a0I must have dozed off because before long we were making our initial decent into West Yellowstone. There were fires in some park locations and you could see them off in the distance. Our area was slightly overcast\u00a0and beautiful as we descended\u00a0our way to the airport.<\/p>\n Touchdown and landing was smooth. It was interesting location to travel into, in\u00a0that West Yellowstone is an airport serviced by only a couple commercial flights a day by one carrier (Delta) for 5 months of the year. Not a lot here. It felt very rural and rustic. After 5 minutes the outside mobile staircase was in place and we deplaned onto the ramp. 12:08 which was 6 minutes late.<\/p>\n Once off the plane it was an immediate walk through the outdoor boarding area into the terminal building. We picked up the paperwork for our rental car and walked outside to front of the terminal building for luggage pickup.\u00a0The airport building and services are simple and dated, and it feels like you’ve reached the\u00a0not so distant past. There is a quaint and sweet quality about it.<\/p>\n Ann’s polka dot rollaboard was the first bag unloaded off the luggage cart. The rest of our bags were quickly unloaded, and\u00a0soon afterward we had picked up the rental car and were driving to the park.<\/p>\nIntroduction: Yellowstone for Labor Day<\/a>
\nReview: Delta Regional Short-haul Coach Salt Lake City to West Yellow Stone<\/a>
\nReview: Old Faithful Inn Suite
\nReview: Delta Regional Short-haul Coach West Yellow Stone to Salt Lake City
\nAdditional Thoughts: Yellowstone National Park<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/a>Cat Cora’s Kitchen lower concourse B<\/p>\n<\/a>Busy Friday morning in the beehive state<\/p>\n<\/a>Salt Lake City Airport looks spread out, but can be traversed relativity quick<\/p>\nDelta Airlines 7412
\n<\/strong>Salt Lake City (SLC)\u00a0–\u00a0West Yellowstone(WYS)<\/strong>
\nFriday September 2nd, 2016<\/strong>
\n Departure Time: 11:00am<\/strong>
\nArrival Time: 12:02pm<\/strong>
\nFlight Time: 1hr02min<\/strong>
\n Aircraft: Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-200<\/strong>
\nSeat: 02D, Regional Coach<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/a>Our flight today<\/p>\n<\/a>Small access corridor<\/p>\n<\/a>Door 23 for flight DL7412<\/p>\n<\/a>First part of the main boarding corridor<\/p>\n<\/a>Construction of the new terminal – view walking by<\/p>\n<\/a>Second part of the main boarding corridor<\/p>\n<\/a>Another CRJ200<\/p>\n<\/a>Walking on<\/p>\n<\/a>Another enthusiast taking pictures<\/p>\n<\/a>Across from 2D<\/p>\n<\/a>2A and 2B<\/p>\n<\/a>Double bench<\/p>\n<\/a>Knee room<\/p>\n<\/a>Frontier Airbus<\/p>\n<\/a>No engine under that wing<\/p>\n<\/a>Not a lot to look at coming into West Yellowstone<\/p>\n<\/a>Another view<\/p>\n<\/a>Coming down<\/p>\n<\/a>Our CRJ200 deplaning<\/p>\n<\/a>Casual process<\/p>\n<\/a>West Yellowstone’s one and only terminal building<\/p>\n<\/a>Loved this sign<\/p>\n<\/a>Boarding area<\/p>\n<\/a>Main terminal hall and rental car desk<\/p>\n