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2025-08-11
Des Moines Airport Committee REV2 first meeting
First meeting of the second version Airport Advisory Committee – 11 Aug 2025 – Agenda We’re calling this REV2.0 to distinguish it from the 2018-2020 Des Moines Ad Hoc Aviation Advisory Committee which ended in controversy. All their materials are archived here. Document Library – Des Moines Ad Hoc Aviation Advisory Committee As with REV1, -
2025-08-08
Proposed 2032 Estimated Noise Boundary. What it means for you
Looks good. Just don’t read the fine print. The Port of Seattle has released a proposed 2032 noise exposure map. We created our Port Package Map tool to help provide more context. The proposed 2032 boundary is overlaid on the existing 2018 boundary. The proposed boundary expands slightly in each direction, most notably to the -
2025-08-07
TSA Trialing ‘Touchless’ Facial Recognition At 14 U.S. Airports
Denver International Airport (DEN) has opened two security screening lanes in which eligible passengers can move through checkpoints using biometric facial recognition as their sole form of identification, becoming the latest U.S. airport where the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is trialing a PreCheck Touchless ID program. TSA has been rolling out the pilot program across -
2025-08-07
More than 1,000 United Airlines flights delayed in the US due to technology problem
By JACK BROOK and LISA BAUMANN A technology issue prompted United Airlines to ground planes at major U.S. airports Wednesday and more than 1,000 flights were delayed. The impacted system, called Unimatic, houses flight information that is fed to other systems including those that calculate weight and balance and track flight times, according to United. It’s not clear -
2025-08-04
Ep #2: The Casino
The Airport Communities Podcast In our second episode, things start to get awkward. We use the metaphor of a Casino to describe a system that needs you to play. Wants you to play. Needs to be perceived as fair. But isn’t designed to give you the information you need to win. We tell a quick -
2025-08-01
Port of Seattle Announces October Release for SAMP Draft EA Decision
Delays from FAA policy changes. Port still confident in moving ahead to SEPA The Port of Seattle has confirmed that the Final Decision on the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) will be released on October 31, 2025. Washington. The decision will arrive almost one year to the day after the original -
2025-07-29
In a Game-Changing Climate Rollback, E.P.A. Aims to Kill a Bedrock Scientific Finding
If upheld in court, the repeal would make it almost impossible for future administrations to rein in greenhouse gases. By Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman Reporting from Washington July 29, 2025Updated 3:19 p.m. ET Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said on Tuesday the Trump administration would revoke the scientific determination that -
2025-07-28
Ep #1: Getting to Version 2
The Airport Communities Podcast Welcome to the first episode of the Airport Communities Podcast. In this episode, we discuss why we began STNI by mentioning a few of the many initiatives that get half the way there – but are never followed up on. It’s a pattern; one that creates a cycle of frustration. Every -
2025-07-26
Shocking plunge by Southwest flight from Southern California was to avoid another aircraft
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Passengers aboard a Southwest Airline jet that took a dramatic plunge to avoid an oncoming aircraft were told by the pilot that they nearly struck another plane before landing safely in Las Vegas. The Boeing 737 jet dropped hundreds of feet in a little over 30 seconds during a flight on Friday, according -
2025-07-23
Greenhouse gas accounting procedures may overlook bio-derived aviation fuel
by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors’ notes Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Low carbon fuel policies are intended to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation. However, rigid carbon intensity (CI) accounting procedures in current policies may limit CI responsiveness across candidate sites and facilities. Work published in the journal ACS Sustainable Resource