• 2025-11-06 13:38

    FAA to cut flights at Sea-Tac Airport as government shutdown drags on

    Sea-Tac Airport’s air traffic control tower, pictured in 2021. Air traffic controllers have gone weeks without pay amid the government shutdown. Anthony Bolante | PSBJ By Nick Pasion and Lauren Ohnesorge – Puget Sound Business Journal Story Highlights FAA begins cutting flights at 40 airports amid government shutdown. Seattle-Tacoma Airport faces 10% reduction affecting 267
  • 2025-11-05 13:24

    FAA will reduce air traffic by 10% at many airports to maintain safety

    Joel Rose U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy (left) and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford announced Wednesday that the FAA will reduce air traffic at many busy airports to maintain safety during the government shutdown, which has led to staffing shortages of air traffic controllers. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration will reduce
  • 2025-11-03 00:09

    Where Sea-Tac Airport ranks for longest tarmac taxi times

    Commercial passenger airplanes are seen parked at Sea-Tac Airport. Taxiing times at airports have been on the rise in recent years, and experts say there are few easy solutions. Anthony Bolante | PSBJ By Andy Medici – Senior Reporter, The Playbook, The Business Journals Nov 3, 2025 Story Highlights What’s This? Average departure taxi time increased to
  • 2025-11-02 14:15

    John Wayne Airport Settlement Agreement

    The landmark 1985 Settlement Agreement formalized consensus between the County of Orange, the City of Newport Beach, the Airport Working Group (AWG) and Stop Polluting Our Newport (SPON) on the nature and extent of facility and operational improvements that could be implemented at John Wayne Airport (JWA) through 2005. The Settlement Agreement established quarterly noise
  • 2025-10-27 23:27

    News about a new “breakthrough” in SAF poses the question of how these worthwhile efforts are being coordinated

    By Sandy Murdock • October 27, 2025 JDA Aviation Technology Solutions The goal of 2050 has been repeated here many times. The theme continues to be newsworthy because of the high environmental stakes driving this initiative and since the flow of new developments, especially the promising ones, captures the aviation industry’s attention. While the commitment
  • 2025-10-26 15:53

    Britain Found A New Way To Stay Stagnant—Kill Airport Growth With Climate Laws That Don’t Change The Climate

    We follow many pro-aviation web sites, which often take the form of passenger advocacy (points/miles). Many of their arguments are at least somewhat disingenuous, but not all. In this case, the fight is on to roll back hard-won regulations in Europe which now allow for limits on growth we can only dream of here. Because airport law is so different on either side of the Atlantic, we try to provide a view of the challenges (and opportunities) for airport communities everywhere.
  • 2025-10-24 14:42

    Permitting Reform in Action: CEQ Updates Roadmap for Agency NEPA Compliance

    Permitting Reform in Action CEQ Updates Roadmap for Agency Highlights The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) on Sept. 29, 2025, issued new, nonbinding guidance to assist federal agencies with implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), updating the prior memorandum that CEQ had issued in February 2025 in light of recent case law and
  • 2025-10-22 20:02

    Sea-Tac Airport moves closer to a new terminal

    By Lauren Rosenblatt Seattle Times business reporter Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is one step closer to opening a new terminal, part of the airport’s master plan to accommodate millions of passengers moving through the crowded airfield. The Federal Aviation Administration last month approved 31 projects at Sea-Tac to help the airport keep up with an expected
  • 2025-10-22 20:00

    Candidate Forum Port of Seattle and 33rd LD

    Attend our forum to see Port of Seattle Commissioner and 33rd Legislative District candidates on the same stage. Let's talk about airport impacts, community concerns, and work for a healthier future together. Downtown Burien Attend in person or via Zoom *Registration required to attend For more information, visit fixtheharm.org/forum or email info@fixtheharm.org SeaTac Airport Community Coalition for Justice
  • 2025-10-15 20:00

    Sea-Tac Part 150 Virtual Public Workshop

    The Port of Seattle has completed noise modeling for the 2027 Part 150 Study and will hold three public workshops to explain the new noise exposure map (which determines sound insulation.) <ul> <li>Tuesday, September 30 – 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM – Parkside Elementary (2104 S 247th Street) in Des Moines</li> <li>Thursday, October 2 – 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM – Seahurst Elementary (14603 14th Ave SW) in Burien</li> <li>Saturday, October 4 – Saturday – 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM – Glacier Middle School (2450 S 142nd Street) in SeaTac</li> <li>October 15 at 6:00 PM (Zoom)</li> </ul>