A Microsoft Teams screen capture from the Port of Seattle Commission Regular Meeting (P69), timestamped 1:09 PM on 8/12/2025, showing a 'Passenger Growth' presentation slide. The slide displays actual passenger totals from 2021–2024 (ranging from 36.2M to 52.6M) alongside a 2025 budget of 53.5M and a 2025 forecast of 53.1M, noting 0.9% forecast growth versus 2024 actual and a -0.7% variance below budget. The speaker identified in the taskbar is Payne, Aubree.

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A chart showing passenger growth at the Port of Seattle from 2021-2025, displaying actual passenger numbers from 2021-2024 (36.2M to 52.6M), 2025 budget of 53.5M, and forecast of 53.1M. The forecast shows 9% growth compared to 2024 actual but is 0.7% lower than the 2025 budget.

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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.

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