Inside the 24/7 fight at Utah’s 2 busiest airports to keep migrating birds out of airplane engines

Since 1990, birds have caused millions in damage to aircraft in the Beehive State.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Salt Lake City International Airport in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 7, 2025. The airport sits next to Great Salt Lake, a major pit stop along a migratory bird superhighway, making preventing bird strikes a 24/7 job.

Inside the 24/7 fight at Utah’s 2 busiest airports to keep migrating birds out of airplane engines

Since 1990, birds have caused millions in damage to aircraft in the Beehive State.

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