The Port of Seattle Commission held its regular meeting on January 13, 2026, covering a range of business items including consent agenda approvals and staff presentations. Among the presentations was a briefing on the 2024 Flight Corridor Management Project, which is relevant to aircraft noise management around Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The meeting also addressed legislative priorities and various operational authorizations for airport and port facilities.

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Agenda for the Port of Seattle Commission regular meeting scheduled for January 13, 2026. The meeting includes executive session, public comment, consent agenda items, and presentations on flight corridor management and federal legislative agenda.

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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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