A January 2018 Port of Seattle report presented to the Port Commission details the economic impacts of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, showing that Sea-Tac supported approximately 87,300 jobs and generated over $11.4 billion in business revenue in 2017. The impacts span on-site airport activities—including airlines, cargo, and ground transportation—as well as visitor spending, which alone accounted for 68,200 jobs and nearly $5.9 billion in revenue. The report provides a comprehensive breakdown of wages, compensation, and business revenue across all airport-related sectors.

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A presentation prepared by Community Attributes Inc. for the Port of Seattle Commission Public Meeting on January 30, 2018, covering the economic impacts of Sea-Tac International Airport. The document includes direct on-site airport activity impacts, visitor impacts, and community impacts, with data on jobs, business revenue, wages, and compensation for 2017.

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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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