These flight track maps from the Port of Seattle show aircraft arrival, departure, and overflight paths at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on March 1–2, 2018. On March 1, the airport operated predominantly in South Flow (87% of operations, 953 flights), with a brief period of North Flow (13%, 145 flights); on March 2, all 1,118 operations were conducted entirely in South Flow. The maps illustrate how flight corridors shift direction depending on the flow configuration, affecting which surrounding communities—such as those north of the airport near Shoreline and Mountlake Terrace versus those to the south near Auburn and Pacific—experience the greatest noise exposure.Open full document
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Flight track maps showing aircraft operations at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on March 1 and 2, 2018, depicting arrivals, departures, and overflights for both south flow and north flow operations. On March 1, south flow accounted for 87% of operations (953 flights) and north flow 13% (145 flights). On March 2, south flow accounted for 100% of operations (1,118 flights).