Avigation Easement

This Avigation Easement is a legal agreement in which a homeowner near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport grants the Port of Seattle permanent rights to use the airspace above their property for all types of aircraft, without restriction on frequency or proximity. In exchange, the Port assists with noise-reduction modifications to the home, and the homeowner waives all current and future claims for noise-related damages. The easement runs with the land permanently, binding all future owners of the property to the same terms.

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Avigation easement template document from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Noise Remedy program, located at 17801 International Blvd., Seattle, Washington 98158. Conveys a permanent, non-exclusive easement from homeowner grantor(s) to the Port of Seattle, a Washington State municipal corporation, granting free and unobstructed use and passage of all types of aircraft through airspace over or in the vicinity of the grantor’s premises in King County, Washington. Easement level determined by the Port’s 1998 FAA accepted noise contour map in DNL; easement not exceeded unless yearly average noise exposure increases more than 1.5 DNL above base level. Executed under RCW 53.54.030(3). Instruments include Subordination Agreement, Power of Attorney, and Death Certificate. Notarized in the State of Washington, County of King.

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