2025-09-17
A state work group is exploring air travel at JBLM to ease SEA airport congestion, despite military opposition. Author: Drew Mikkelsen UNION GAP, Wash. — A state work group is again weighing whether to allow civilian air travel at Joint Base Lewis-McChord as a way to relieve Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s mounting congestion. The military rejected a
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Author: Eric Wilkinson Published: 6:44 PM PDT September 16, 2025 Updated: 6:44 PM PDT September 16, 2025 MUKILTEO, Wash. — A proposed expansion at Paine Field could pave over nearly three acres of wetlands that neighbors say are vital for protecting salmon habitat. The airport’s plan calls for up to 32 additional acres of paving. But residents living
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GAO-25-108597 Published: Aug 28, 2025. Publicly Released: Aug 28, 2025. Fast Facts Bad weather can snarl air travel. Air traffic controllers make weather-related decisions, like changing a plane’s route, for safety and efficiency. The National Weather Service puts aviation meteorologists on-site at the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic control centers to help. They give regular
2025-09-16
Update and discussion on application made to Student Consulting Lab (Jeff Harbaugh)
Update on Port Package letter (Jeff Harbaugh)
Cost and Benefits of Airport Proximity and Possible Mitigation Strategies
Mathison Park Tree Removal
SB 5652
E2SSB 5955
Airport Cities Impact Study
Airport Impact Mitigation Study (HOK)
2025-09-16
Progress towards the first aviation air quality network in the nation SeaTac: State and local officials from Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (PSCAA) and Des Moines gathered today with researchers from University of Washington Department of Occupation and Environmental Health Sciences (UWDEOHS) at Sunset Park to learn about the latest PSCAA Air monitoring site, and
2025-09-12
What does it take to “play 3D chess at 250 miles an hour”? And how far will $12.5 billion of “Big, Beautiful” funding go toward modernizing the F.A.A.? (Part two of a two-part series.)
2025-09-09
The Airport Communities Podcast Last week we introduced the the STNI 2026 Legislative Agenda by talking about the HOK, a good study, responding to a previous environmental review, and a bad study trying to do the same thing in 2019. Housekeeping: We mention so many meetings including recent meetings of the Des Moines Aviation Committee,
2025-09-08
Vision 2045. AOPA, UW Aviation Impacts presentation. Part 150
2025-09-07
Comment by Thursday, September 11 on Flight Corridor Program The Port of Seattle has quietly released new environmental documents for its Flight Corridor Management Program, the initiative used to identify and remove trees and other obstacles near Sea-Tac Airport’s runways. The documents include both a SEPA Program Checklist and SEPA Threshold Determination. Together, they confirm
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