A Northwest Airlines Boeing 377 Stratocruiser is parked on the tarmac at Seattle-Tacoma Airport, as indicated by visible signage on the terminal building. The aircraft displays Northwest's classic livery with a red tail, and ground service vehicles bearing the Northwest logo are positioned nearby.

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Vintage color photograph showing a classic propeller aircraft parked in front of a mid-century modern airport terminal building with control tower. The image appears to be from the 1950s or 1960s era of commercial aviation, depicting the golden age of air travel with characteristic architecture and aircraft design of that period.

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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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