2025-07-16
It costs no more to do it right. At the July 14, 2025 Burien City Council meeting Councilmember Linda Akey made this proposal. I would like to request the city council take two actions. One, authorize city staff to work on a letter to the Port of Seattle requesting an end to the Port Package
2025-07-08
The aviation industry has long relied on Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data to provide real-time tracking and monitoring of aircraft for collision avoidance, weather awareness and routine air traffic management. However, the technology can also be used to assess and bill aircraft owners for landing and other airfield fees, which has caused an outcry of
2025-07-08
A Delta Air Lines flight made an unscheduled landing yesterday in Fort Myers, Florida, due to a portable battery catching fire on board. Flight 1334, en route from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale, was diverted when flight attendants noticed and extinguished flames from what seemed to be a personal battery, Delta confirmed in a statement reported
2025-07-07
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) has seen seismic changes in the past several months. On June 30, 2025, FAA rescinded its previous NEPA procedures and issued new Order 1050.1G, Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures, to address the recent rescission of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) NEPA regulations, recent Executive Orders, and a recent
2025-07-04
Happy 4th of July. I wasn’t planning to send this before Monday, but this exclusive couldn’t wait. According to multiple credible sources, the White House is preparing to announce a major shift in TSA protocol: all travelers, even those without TSA PreCheck, will soon be allowed to keep their shoes on during airport screening. This would
2025-07-03
The busiest day is expected to be Sunday, July 6, when passenger traffic could set a new single-day record at Sea-Tac Airport. The newly-added checkpoint at Sea-Tac Airport brings five security lanes. Author: KING 5 Staff SEATAC, Wash. — Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) is bracing for a surge in travelers over the July 4th holiday period,
2025-07-01
Too much technical. Not enough human The last Stakeholder Advisory Roundtable (StART) meeting focused on ‘establishing a priority framework for 2025’ and included updates from various working groups. Arif Ghouse, SEA’s interim aviation managing director, introduced himself as the new chair, taking over from Lance Lyttle who departed in April. StART Meeting Agenda 20250625 The
2025-06-28
Saturday, June 28, 11am - 2pm.
The City of Burien and Eco Infinity Nation, in collaboration with King County Public Health, are giving away 100 free air purifiers to Burien residents affected by air pollution. Delivery is on a first come, first serve basis until stocks last. All participants must complete a 5-minute supervised survey as a condition to receive the air purifier.
These typically go very fast, we recommend showing up early.
2025-06-26
Visualizing Port Package eligibility from 1991 until today A few weeks ago we wrote a post describing the work we had begun to improve our maps and charts and graphs. Here is one tiny example of how you can use them. This one minute video is a ‘fly-over’ of the DNL65 from 1991 until today
2025-06-25
Convenience = Capacity In 2019, there was a fairly large kerfuffle at the Port Commission over facial recognition. At the time, personal privacy was considered a high priority. The Commission ordered a study and after 18 months came back with this report, and a lot of press, including this article… Sea-Tac is First Airport to
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