Category : History(256)
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Ray Bishop Scrapbook (Washington Digital Archives)
This scrapbook was assembled by Ray Bishop, Port of Seattle engineer involved in construction of Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International Airport. The scrapbook includes photos documenting the construction from the initial grading work through expansion in the early 1960s and clippings documenting events at Sea-Tac through 1976. Bishop donated the scrapbook to the Port of Seattle in -
2022-10-17Vintage Aircraft Interior with Red Seating
Interior view of a vintage commercial aircraft cabin featuring red upholstered seats, curved ceiling design, and passengers visible in the background. The image appears to be from an earlier era of commercial aviation, showing the spacious cabin layout and design aesthetics of that period. -
A1 Revisited: Our coverage of 1970 protest showed neglect of vital Native issues
Oct. 16, 2022 at 6:00 am Updated Oct. 16, 2022 at 11:19 am 1 of 14 | At Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, Randy Lewis (Wenatchi/Methow) speaks during a memorial service for Lawney Reyes on Aug. 26. Reyes was the brother of Bernie Whitebear and helped design Daybreak Star, on the former site… (Daniel Kim / -
Bow Lake Airport Aerial View
Black-and-white aerial photograph showing a small to mid-sized airport with a triangular or star-pattern runway configuration and multiple taxiways. The surrounding area shows suburban residential development, wooded tracts, and agricultural parcels extending toward a distant urban area and mountains on the horizon. -
Sea-Tac Communities Plan Blue Community Brochure Page 2 of 2
A multi-panel informational brochure produced by the Port of Seattle summarizing the Sea-Tac Communities Plan, covering background, community involvement, air traffic forecasts, environmental findings (air quality, noise exposure, water quality), and noise remedy programs for the area surrounding Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The document includes air traffic forecast tables projecting passenger and cargo figures from 1973 to 1993, a noise remedy program map, and references to King County and multiple consulting firms including PMA&Co., Environmental Systems Laboratories, and Stevens Thompson and Runyan. -
Sea-Tac Communities Plan Blue Community Brochure Page 1 of 2
A tri-fold planning document titled 'Sea-Tac Communities Plan, Port of Seattle – King County,' covering water quality policies, airport goals and requirements, community development policies, and a color-coded Land Use Plan map of the Sea-Tac Airport and vicinity. The map legend identifies land use categories including residential densities, commercial, industrial, airport facility, open space, and major transportation facilities. -
2022-09-08
Fly Quiet Awards 2022
Credit: Port of Seattle For the past several years, Airport Director Lance Lyttle has been promoting a Fly Quiet Awards program at the StART meetings. This is a voluntary program to track airlines by noise. Who are the main violators. Who is improving. Who is not. Flying Quiet First Quarter 2022 Scoring List From the -
2022-08-27High court upholds county OK of Boeing building near Sea-Tac
Washington's Supreme Court unanimously upheld King County's approval of Boeing's plan to build corporate headquarters on a 30-acre site near Seattle-Tacoma Airport, rejecting challenges from a local citizens' group. The court ruled the approval was a legislative action rather than a quasi-judicial rezone, meaning the appearance-of-fairness doctrine did not apply, even though two County Council members had accepted campaign contributions from Boeing employees. The ruling also addressed a separate Snohomish County case, allowing environmental-impact statements for two large residential developments to be submitted piecemeal. -
2022-08-27Sea-Tac Communities Plan Fact Sheet No. 6: Study Area Overview
Sea-Tac Communities Plan Fact Sheet No. 6 covering the 44.2-square-mile study area bounded by Roxbury and Trenton Streets (north), Freeway and 51st South (east), South 288th (south), and Puget Sound (west). Includes incorporated cities of Normandy Park and Des Moines and portions of Seattle, Tukwila, and Kent, plus communities of Burien and White Center. 1970 -
2022-08-27
Sea-Tac Communities Plan Fact Sheet No. 6: Study Area Overview
This 1973 fact sheet from the Sea-Tac Communities Plan describes a 44.2-square-mile study area surrounding Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, covering communities including Burien, White Center, Normandy Park, and Des Moines, with a 1970 population of 137,000. The document inventories local schools, parks, utilities, and services in the region, and provides socioeconomic data showing a predominantly white, middle-income population with a median household income of $11,238. The plan was jointly sponsored by King County and the Port of Seattle with the goal of maximizing compatibility between the airport and its surrounding communities.