By Walt Crowley (with research by Daryl McClary and Paula Becker) Posted 6/21/2003 HistoryLink.org Essay 4211 The development of a third “dependent” runway at Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International Airport, the state’s largest airport, was one of the largest and most sensitive public works projects in regional history. The need for an additional runway for bad-weather operations
Dead In The Water
Sea-Tac’s third runway is flooded with troubles. By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am Wading through it: Christopher Gower fights the Port’s bull. IN ORDER TO BUILD its long awaited third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the Port of Seattle plans to buy and transport between 15 and 20 million cubic yards of gravel, sand,
CASE/RCAA Community Forum 2009
Videos from CASE and RCAA September 29, 2009 community meeting moderated by former Des Moines City Councilmember Susan White, with opening comments from 33rd Rep. Tina Orwall, 33rd Senator Karen Keiser, King County Councilmember Dave Upthegrove and former 33rd Rep. Julia Patterson. Panel includes FAA Northwest Mountain Region Director Dave Soumi, Port of Seattle Noise
Feds keep little-used airports in business
ByThomas Frank, USA TODAY September 16, 2009, 9:15 PM WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. — One of the USA’s newest airports has a 5,500-foot lighted runway, a Colonial-style terminal with white columns, and hundreds of acres for growth. But Kentucky’s Williamsburg-Whitley County Airport lacks one feature: airline passengers. Built using $11 million in federal money, the airport is used
Seattle Times: Quieter skies ahead: Seattle at forefront of high-tech plan to change airplane traffic
The new technology steers air traffic on autopilot along a smoothly descending, satellite-guided path, avoiding the stair-step approach and constant interplay with air traffic controllers now required to bring in planes.
Sea-Tac’s Jet Ghettos
Residents are tired of waiting for the Port to develop vacant properties around the airport. By Vernal Coleman • July 7, 2009 12:00 am The now-vacant Angle Lake Elementary School once served as SeaTac’s City Hall. Passengers flying low enough during their approach to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport might catch a glimpse of the charred husk that used
Seattle bank accused in massive Ponzi scheme
By Levi Pulkkinen, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF April 26, 2009 UPDATE: Investors and the bank reached a settlement in June 2011 which saw the lawsuit dismissed. While details of the settlement were not disclosed, Regal Financial Bank CEO Jesse Tam said the following: “I’m not going to blame anybody or anything negative. All I’m going to say
Cities to press Port on runway use
By Sharon Pian Chan December 15, 2008 Publication: Seattle Times, The (WA) Page: B1 Word Count: 610 A group of cities that spent years suing the Port of Seattle over construction of the third runway wants Seattle-Tacoma International Airport officials to explain why the runway is being used for more flights than promised. Bob Sheckler,
Sea-Tac neighbors feel duped over 3rd-runway noise
While Port of Seattle officials said the region needed a $1 billion third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to reduce flight delays during bad weather, planes are landing on the new runway all day, every day regardless of weather. Burien residents say the constant noise is intolerable. By Sharon Pian Chan Special to The Times