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The Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) is the blueprint for increasing flight capacity by one third in the next ten years. It will have the same community impact as the Third Runway. In fact, it is happening now. How this is possible, and what it means for us.continue...
A two minute presentation on how the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) will increase flight operations at Sea-Tac Airport as much as a new runway. Without a new runway.continue...
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The SAMP SEPA EIS Public Comment Period is open now from May 22 – July 21, 2026. Learn what is coming and what you can do to help reduce the noise, the pollution, and obtain the compensation we’ve deserved for decades.Top Story
Ep #38 Aviation Forum Postgame (Raw!)
July 25, 2026
We're in the midst of producing episodes on the Sea-Tac Communities Plan, and our comments on the SAMP and updates on the totally confusing state of Port Package updates and...
But whenever you have a public Q&A with Congressman Adam Smith, State Senator Tina Orwall, and Port of Seattle Commission President Ryan Calkins, it's worth talking about. So we turned JC loose to fact check!
The wrong pollutants! The question of leaded fuel was raised--which always (understandably) scares people. There has been no leaded fuel in use at Sea-Tac Airport for decades because over 97% of traffic at Sea-Tac is commercial and commercial jets do not use leaded fuel. It is, has been, and will be a non-issue in the SAMP. What is a huge issue? Ultrafine Particulates--the main and unregulated and under-researched component of Jet-A exhaust--thousands of times more significant for us. The urgent need for immediate research and regulation got almost no attention!
Port Package misstatements. Several federal initiatives were discussed to help fund Port Package Updates. They are much appreciated, but we're still at least two years from relief. What was not discussed? The Port of Seattle could always fund sound insulation programs using its own money. Unfortunately, Calkins said exactly the opposite.
Ongoing problems with landings? Residents will always have reasons to be upset about over-flights--especially arrivals. Apart from the frequency, almos none are problematic. What is problematic? Despite having a Community Ombudsman located in Des Moines, the public has not heard from the FAA in years.
These kinds of Q&A sessions highlight what is broken in our relationship with the airport. Everyone in the room is well-meaning. But everyone is, to one degree or another, talking past one another because the overall information level has sunk so low. It is important to get leaders talking. But apart from having clear goals, without a venue where everyone walks into the room, armed with the same set of facts, real progress is impossible.
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From The Library
As the source for federal transportation grants, the Puget Sound Regional Council was charged with developing a system to meet the growing need for commercial aviation. When the search for a second airport failed, they authorized the Port of Seattle to build the Third Runway, with a mandate to develop a noise abatement and mitigation program. In their effort to stop the Third Runway, the ACC argued over every detail of the Port's efforts--including property buyouts and sound insulation. The dispute was meant to be settled by a three member Expert Arbitration Panel. This is their final report. It finds 2-1, that the Port's program was insufficient in several respects. Despite that, funding for the Third Runway was approved by the PSRC, and the 'Port Package' program, proceeded largely unchanged. Expert Arbitration Panel's final decision finding that the Port of Seattle had not shown sufficient reduction in real on-the-ground noise impacts to satisfy noise reduction conditions required for approval of a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. The majority decision concluded the Port's noise abatement programs were insufficient despite being impressive in scope.continue...
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