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2025-09-16
Burien Airport Committee Meeting September 16, 2025
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) -
2025-09-16Air Quality Monitor Site Visit
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 -
2025-09-12An Air Traffic Controller Walks Into a Radio Studio …
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.) -
2025-09-09Ep #7 Everybody Loves Trees!
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, -
2025-09-08KCIA Roundtable September 8, 2025
Vision 2045. AOPA, UW Aviation Impacts presentation. Part 150 -
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2025-09-07Port Pushes Ahead with Tree Removal Program Around Sea-Tac
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 -
2025-09-05
Is the Air Traffic Control System Broken?
Flying in the U.S. is still exceptionally safe, but the system relies on outdated tech and is under tremendous strain. Six experts tell us how it got this way and how it can (maybe) be fixed. (Part one of a two-part series.) -
2025-09-04
Ep #6 The HOK
The Airport Communities Podcast Last week we finished our last setup episode describing the Port of Seattle (Ep # 5 A Very Special Purpose District. This week’s episode moves onto current events, some longstanding issues with airport communities everywhere and an introduction to the STNI 2026 Legislative Agenda. Housekeeping: We mention the upcoming SAMP Draft -
2025-09-01
Son of Mathison Park donors urges City of Burien, residents to block Port of Seattle’s tree cutting plan
by Eric MathisonSeptember 1, 2025 Commentary by Eric Mathison The Port of Seattle, operator of Sea-Tac International Airport, is planning to destroy five large, legacy Douglas Fir trees at a forested neighborhood park owned by the City of Burien. The Port also seeks to cut down an additional tree to access the targeted trees. The park