Air travel through Sea-Tac Airport is slowly rebuilding

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Sea-Tac Airport passenger volume is still far below its pre-pandemic peaks. But it has grown from the low volumes of this spring, as seen in this May photo. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
Sea-Tac Airport passenger volume is still far below its pre-pandemic peaks. But it has grown from the low volumes of this spring, as seen in… (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times) More
Rami Grunbaum
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Seattle Times business editor

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has seen passenger volumes multiply from their historic low levels of April 2020, but they remain far below the levels of February before the coronavirus interrupted Sea-Tac’s growth streak.

In the reopening, airline flights have rebounded more quickly than passenger counts. Aircraft takeoffs and landings at Sea-Tac have been above 50% of February levels for the past two weeks, while passenger volumes are at 30% of their recent peak and 21% of their year-ago levels.

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