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By Lauren Rosenblatt Seattle Times business reporter Frontier Airlines is ending service at Seattle Paine Field International Airport in January, just seven months after launching routes from the Everett airport. The budget airline began service from Paine Field in June, offering flights twice a week to Denver, Las Vegas and Phoenix. Propeller Airports, which operates the
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The Surface Area Solutions Project We got a lot of pushback on our last podcast This Will Never End. Many people struggle to believe the airport can add more capacity. Especially when the airport itself moans constantly about how challenging it is to work on such a small footprint. Perhaps this three minute video will
2025-12-14
Tool now shows eligibility proposal by install date We’ve updated our Port Packages mapped tool with an important Install Date filter to show which properties may be eligible under the recently passed federal pilot program. What Section 8801 means for you As we reported last week, Congressman Adam Smith and Senator Patty Murray succeeded in
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Smith/Murray provide funding. And so many loopholes. The House of Representatives has passed its mandated National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026. Near the end of the bill is Section 8801, language previously put forward by Congressman Adam Smith WA-9 to allow the FAA to provide grant funding for updates to existing sound insulation
2025-12-10
A research report conducted by the University of Washington’s Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences analyzing the regional air quality benefits of sustainable aviation fuel use at Sea-Tac Airport during 2024 under SB5447. Executive Summary This is the second annual University of Washington report mandated under SB 5447. The work presented here advances this
2025-12-08
Daily operations at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac. (Kevin Clark / The Seattle Times) By Lauren Rosenblatt Seattle Times business reporter The cities of Burien, Des Moines and SeaTac are challenging the Port of Seattle’s long-term vision for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The three cities filed a petition for judicial review of the Federal Aviation Administration’s
2025-12-07
After 50 years of community engagement and millions spent on advocacy, why do airport communities continue to lose battles over noise, air quality, and expansion? The uncomfortable truth is that the Casino rewards community engagement—an approach that never works--over developing one that does.
Article discusses a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that addresses FAA compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The court appears to have made rulings that strengthen environmental review requirements for aviation projects.
2025-12-01
A research report analyzing the regional air quality benefits of sustainable aviation fuel use at a Washington State international airport during 2024. The study was conducted by the University of Washington’s Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences.
2025-11-30
On the last day of the sixty day deadline, the Three City ILA filed a Petition for Review in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the venue which typically reviews FAA decisions in Washington State. The petition asks the court to consider the September 24 Sustainable Airport Finding of No Significant Impacts/Record of Decision (ROD)
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