Direct Flights from Salt Lake City to Pocatello
Pocatello · Idaho
Nonstop service from SLC to PIH on Delta. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
Salt Lake City is the only city in our data with a nonstop to Pocatello — everywhere else connects.
How long to go to Pocatello for, from Salt Lake City
50m in the air, 150 miles: short enough that a single night in Pocatello is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
About Pocatello
Pocatello is a college town in Southeastern Idaho. About 57,000 people lived there in 2021.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Pocatello
- Massacre Rocks State Park is a history-focused public recreation area in the Northwest United States featuring the Massacre Rocks, a famous spot along the Oregon Trail and California Trail during the middle 19th century.…
- Fort Hall was a fort in the Western United States that was built in 1834 as a fur trading post by Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth.
- The Idaho Potato Museum is a museum devoted to the potato, located in Blackfoot, Idaho.
- Zoo Idaho is a zoo in Pocatello, Idaho, that features animals native to the Intermountain West and has been open since 1932.
- The Idaho State Arboretum is an arboretum located adjacent to the campus of the Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, United States.
- The Idaho Museum of Natural History (IMNH) is the official state natural history museum of Idaho, located on the campus of Idaho State University (ISU) in Pocatello.
- Register Rock is a historic site along the Oregon and the original California trails in Power County, Idaho, United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NFHP).
- Pebble Creek is an alpine ski area in the western United States, located in southeastern Idaho in the Portneuf Range in the Caribou National Forest.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Pocatello weather, compared with Salt Lake City
4° cooler than Salt Lake City on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Pocatello 34°F · Salt Lake City 39°F · 4° colder
- April
- Pocatello 59°F · Salt Lake City 62°F · 3° colder
- July
- Pocatello 89°F · Salt Lake City 94°F · 4° colder
- October
- Pocatello 62°F · Salt Lake City 65°F · 4° colder
January bottoms out near 34°F — a real coat, not a layer.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Pocatello
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Pocatello is May–June and September–October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 62–78°F.
- How long to stay
- Three or four days is enough to take in Pocatello's highlights, from Massacre Rocks State Park, Fort Hall, and Idaho Potato Museum and more.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Salt Lake City to Pocatello?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Pocatello (PIH) on Delta.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Salt Lake City to Pocatello?
- Delta flies nonstop between Salt Lake City (SLC) and Pocatello (PIH).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Salt Lake City to Pocatello?
- There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from Salt Lake City to Pocatello.
- How far is Pocatello from Salt Lake City?
- Pocatello is about 150 miles from Salt Lake City by air.
- What is there to do in Pocatello?
- Popular things to do include Massacre Rocks State Park, Fort Hall, Idaho Potato Museum, Zoo Idaho, and more.
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