2025-10-10
Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47 Currently playing at every public airport in America: @Sec_Noem : “We will continue to do all that we can to avoid delays that will impact you — and it is our hope is that Democrats will soon recognize the importance of opening the government.” 8:18 AM · Oct 10, 2025 ·
2025-10-08
Not deep. But a few good insights Airport Interim Aviation Director Arif Ghouse was joined by SAMP Environment Manager Steve Rybolt and Landrum & Brown’s Sarah Potter for a one hour and fifteen minute Q&A on the FAA’s recent Sustainable Airport Master Plan Record Of Decision. Both have been working on the project for many
2025-10-08
The Port is hosting a webinar explaining the FAA SAMP EA finding of no significant impacts record of decision (FONSI/ROD)
2025-10-07
Modest progress with one glitch The last meeting of the Des Moines City Council introduced a first draft of their state airport legislative agenda. There were important positive steps, marred only by one glitch. The presentation slides reflected last year’s agenda, which still mentioned funding for a fixed-site Air Quality Monitor as a goal. That
2025-10-06
The Airport Communities Podcast Last week we took the easy way out and provided a podcast version of our popular Part 150 for Dummies article. This week, we get even lazier, answering reader questions, in order to give the crew a chance to catch up, which is no small task Since we began in 2016,
2025-10-04
Airport Committee recommendation highlights program failures At Monday night’s meeting, the Burien City Council will be asked to support and transmit to the Port of Seattle Commission the following letter. The letter is a specific response to the Port’s 2024 Sound Insulation Repair Replacement Pilot Program (SIRRPP), which was intended to begin addressing documented problems
2025-10-02
A plane that was preparing to take off struck a plane that had landed, the authorities said. One flight attendant was injured, and the F.A.A. was investigating. By Francesca Regalado and Mark Walker Oct. 2, 2025 Two regional flights operated by a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines collided on a LaGuardia Airport taxiway on Wednesday evening, injuring one
2025-10-01
The Airport Communities Podcast Last week we learned that, since the Third Runway, the Port of Seattle’s finances are the best in the state, due better management, the unique nature of how airports are financed, and the fact that the place was always too big to fail. This week we provide a podcast version of
2025-09-26
Finding of no significant impacts. 60 day appeal clock begins After an almost nine year process the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued its long-awaited Finding of No Significant Impact / Record of Decision (FONSI/ROD) for the Port of Seattle’s Sustainable Airport Master Plan Near-Term Projects (SAMP NTPs). This clears the way for construction on
Read this, including the recent update, and then attend the upcoming Port of Seattle Part 150 workshops.
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