Delta 737-900ER Takeoff from Salt Lake City in Dense Fog

Описание: Late night departure from Salt Lake on a very foggy winter night, off on a routine hop up to Seattle aboard one of the handful of Delta's later-build 737-900ERs that were delivered without Split Scimitar winglets.

Because Salt Lake City and the surrounding area is situated in a relatively narrow valley with tall mountain ranges on both sides, it often creates an inversion effect in the atmosphere during the winter, where cooler air gets trapped in the valley by warmer air above the mountains. Dense fog—and with it, pollution—often accumulates as a result. While it isn't great for the air quality, the fog did create a really cool, sort of eerie effect for this video.

After pushing back from the gate, we taxied around the new terminal buildings and out to the deice pad off the end of Runway 34L. After a quick deicing, we taxied out to the end of the runway, paused briefly for an aircraft departing ahead of us, and then lined up for takeoff. Presumably because of potential icing, the spool up to takeoff thrust was drawn out really long—I counted about 15 seconds from idle to takeoff thrust. After takeoff, we immediately turned left to head West for a few miles, before turning to the Northwest in the direction of our destination.

Check out the landing in SeaTac here:    • Delta 737-900ER Landing in Seattle on a Co...  .

Date: December 6, 2019
Airline: Delta Air Lines (DAL/DL)
Flight: DL2702
Departure: Salt Lake City Int'l Airport (KSLC/SLC)
Arrival: Seattle-Tacoma Int'l Airport (KSEA/SEA)
Aircraft: Boeing 737-900ER
Registration: N901DN
Seat: 10A (Comfort+)
Camera: iPhone 11 Pro Max