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  • 2023-04-24

    Dedication planned for park near airport

    Officials from the Port of Seattle, the FAA, and King County dedicated the new North Sea-Tac Park, a 250-acre recreational complex developed in the clear zone off the north end of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The park, leased to the Greater Highline Community Parks Board, features an equestrian area, motocross course, cross-country track, and an activities center, but faces financial and operational challenges including density restrictions limiting the number of visitors per acre at any one time. The parks board has sought changes to the lease, including loosening density guidelines and establishing a bingo operation to fund development, though airport officials consider revisions to the gambling ban unlikely.
  • 2023-04-24

    Proposed framework for Airport Citizen Participation Program

    This document outlines a proposed framework for an Airport Citizen Participation Program centered on the Noise Remedy Update, which expanded and refined the noise element of the Sea-Tac Communities Plan from 1982 to 1984. It details four key programs — Acquisition, Demonstration, Highline Plan Update, and Noise Abatement — each with specific goals such as relocating 524 residential units, trialing neighborhood reinforcement for 26 homes, and establishing a Joint Committee on Airport Overflights. All programs feed into a public Forum coordinated by the Port of Seattle's Public Information Department, with citizen representatives serving on advisory committees.
  • 2023-02-26

    Historical Aviation Meeting or Planning Session

    Black and white photograph showing people gathered around a circular table examining documents and what appears to be an airport layout plan or aviation-related map. The image appears to be from a mid-20th century aviation planning meeting or airport development discussion.

  • The Great Wall Of Sea-Tac

    In 1996, the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) gave final approval to the Port of Seattle’s proposal to build a Third Runway. The airport was originally sited on a small plateau about 430 feet above sea level, which ended immediately at the west side of what is now Taxiway Tango. The basic struggle in airport

  • ACC Water District #54 Des-Moines Creek SEPA 2000

    Aerial map showing the Des Moines Creek Regional Capital Improvement Project, depicting infrastructure elements including Northwest Ponds (Cells 1 and 2), Tyee Pond, Tyee Diversion Pipe, Outlet Control Structure, Berms A and B, Bypass Pipe, and connections to existing pipes. The map legend identifies existing wetland channel reconstruction, excavation cells, berms, new bypass pipe, Tyee diversion pipe, and existing pipe, with streets S. 196th St., S. 200th St., and 11th Ave S. visible.

  • Maiden Flight of the Boeing 707

    DALLAS – 12/20/1957 Today in Aviation, the original 707-120 developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes as its first jetliner performed its maiden flight in 1957. Boeing derived the 707-120 from the Boeing 367-80 prototype that flew in 1954. Boeing 707 service started regularly on October 26, 1958, with Pan American World Airways, up until 1979. The long-range narrow-body

  • Future Sea-Tac Airport Expansion — Independent Runway Plans East (Runway B, 1 Mile) and West (Runway A, 4,300 ft) of 34R

    Architectural/planning drawing titled 'Future Sea/Tac Airport Expansion with an Independent Runway One Mile East of 34R,' showing Plan A layout with an independent runway 4,300 feet west of runway 34R. The drawing, credited to Don Getsick, depicts proposed runways (East Runway B, West Runway A), taxiways, satellite terminals, tramway, underground tram, off-site parking/hotel/business core, and surrounding streets including International Blvd, Des Moines Way S, and 1st Ave South, with Angle Lake and Bow Lake visible.
  • 2022-12-07

    Historic Aircraft Landing with Observers

    Spectators watch and photograph the inaugural takeoff of the Boeing 747 prototype (visible '747' markings on fuselage) from what appears to be Paine Field in Everett, Washington. The image documents the first flight of the 747, a historically significant event for the Pacific Northwest aviation industry and relevant to subsequent regional airport noise policy discussions.
  • 2022-12-07

    Vintage Commercial Aircraft Interior

    Black-and-white promotional or documentary photograph showing the interior of a wide-body or double-deck commercial aircraft cabin, featuring a uniformed flight attendant in a pillbox hat, a spiral staircase in the background, and passengers seated in period-appropriate attire. No visible text, logos, or watermarks to identify the specific airline, aircraft type, or date.

  • SeaTimes-1947-contracts let for bow lake airport-BD4D552785CD09871DD1EC6C22B2D375

    A newspaper clipping (dated approximately 10/31/47 per handwritten notation) reporting that the Seattle Port Commission awarded contracts totaling $2,755,000 for construction of a Seattle-Tacoma airport administration building at Bow Lake, with the general contract going to Seattle firm Lease and Leigland. Col. Warren D. Lamport, general manager of the Port of Seattle, stated construction would begin within 10 days and be completed in a year and a half.