The Joint Des Moines and Burien Airport Committee is scheduled to meet on June 8, 2026, at 4:00 PM in the Des Moines City Council Chambers to hold a study session on the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP), with reference materials available at sea-samp.com/materials. The SAMP is a planning process relevant to Sea-Tac Airport's future development and its noise and environmental impacts on surrounding communities. The next scheduled meeting is the Des Moines Airport Advisory Committee Meeting on July 13, 2026.

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Meeting agenda for the Joint Des Moines and Burien Airport Committee meeting scheduled for June 8, 2026 at 4:00 PM in Des Moines City Council Chambers. The agenda includes one item: a Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) Study Session.

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As the source for federal transportation grants, the Puget Sound Regional Council was charged with developing a system to meet the growing need for commercial aviation. When the search for a second airport failed, they authorized the Port of Seattle to build the Third Runway, with a mandate to develop a noise abatement and mitigation program. In their effort to stop the Third Runway, the ACC argued over every detail of the Port's efforts--including property buyouts and sound insulation. The dispute was meant to be settled by a three member Expert Arbitration Panel. This is their final report. It finds 2-1, that the Port's program was insufficient in several respects. Despite that, funding for the Third Runway was approved by the PSRC, and the 'Port Package' program, proceeded largely unchanged. Expert Arbitration Panel's final decision finding that the Port of Seattle had not shown sufficient reduction in real on-the-ground noise impacts to satisfy noise reduction conditions required for approval of a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. The majority decision concluded the Port's noise abatement programs were insufficient despite being impressive in scope.

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