Category : Explainers
Almost everything about every airport is complicated. And Sea-Tac Airport is more challenging than most. These short-form articles try to make things as simple as possible. Use them to branch off into deeper dives.
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2025-02-14 13:29Washington State Air Pollution Map – Airport Communities
Map of Washington State showing cumulative levels of criteria air pollution with numbered markers indicating 16 airport-impacted communities. The map uses green shading to represent pollution levels from highest to lowest, with communities like Ellensburg, Everett, South King County, and others marked with red numbered circles. -
2024-11-25 23:22The SAMP Draft EA Public Comment Explainer
A presentation on the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) Draft EA Comment Period. How to write an effective comment and why that really matters. Remember: you have until December 13, 2024 to send in your public comment to the FAA. -
2024-10-25 22:44SAMP Draft EA: How to provide a great public comment
1How to provide effective public comment by December 13, 2024 Because new ways for you to participate will likely become available, this article may be subject to updates. Introduction This is the second of a two-part article concerning the Sustainable Airport Master Plan Draft Environmental Assessment (SAMP Draft EA). If you’re looking for the short -
2024-09-30 00:55The SAMP Comment Period Explainer (Intro)
Preparing for the October 21st Comment Period This is the first of a two-part article concerning the SAMP comment period. We’re including a few paragraphs of background because the process has been so lengthy–with many years of delay. The feedback we’ve received thus far has been confusion, partly because the information on the Port’s official -
2024-09-11 12:58The Factory
A two minute presentation on how the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) will increase flight operations at Sea-Tac Airport as much as a new runway. Without a new runway. -
2024-07-29 12:58Materials used in 787 body
Technical diagram showing the composition of materials used in Boeing 787 aircraft construction, including fiberglass, aluminum, carbon composites, and titanium components. Includes pie chart comparing material usage by weight between 787 and 777 aircraft models. -
2024-07-29 12:58Boeing 777 Aircraft Materials Diagram
Technical diagram showing the different materials used in Boeing 777 aircraft construction, including toughened graphite, graphite, hybrid materials, and fiberglass components highlighted in different colors across the aircraft structure. -
2024-07-03 22:41Stop acting so annoyed!
Changing the noise discussion from personal opinion to public health Annoyance, is the term of art describing a level of unwanted and/or harmful sound that is not damaging to hearing. That is how it was first used in research literature. We think it’s time to come up with a new term because ‘annoyance’ is dismissive -
2024-03-20 22:29Port Package Site Visit Follow-Up
What to do next? Thank you for allowing us to inspect your Port Package! You are now part of over 300 homeowners that helped create the Port of Seattle’s upcoming sound insulation update program. If you would like more background information on how we got here, please read The Port Package Explainer. But for now, -
2024-02-24 22:01One typical street. Thirteen Port Packages
The changing demography of homes under the flight path Homes mitigated by sound insulation systems represent a large portion of the scarce and highly desirable middle-housing market in the three cities within the DNL65 (Burien, Des Moines, Seatac). This street of thirteen homes is typical of almost every street where people signed Avigation Easements and