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2025-07-03Sea-Tac Airport breaks record, expects 900K travelers over July 4 weekend
The busiest day is expected to be Sunday, July 6, when passenger traffic could set a new single-day record at Sea-Tac Airport. The newly-added checkpoint at Sea-Tac Airport brings five security lanes. Author: KING 5 Staff SEATAC, Wash. — Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) is bracing for a surge in travelers over the July 4th holiday period, -
2025-07-01START June 25, 2025 features important DNL65 update
Too much technical. Not enough human The last Stakeholder Advisory Roundtable (StART) meeting focused on ‘establishing a priority framework for 2025’ and included updates from various working groups. Arif Ghouse, SEA’s interim aviation managing director, introduced himself as the new chair, taking over from Lance Lyttle who departed in April. StART Meeting Agenda 20250625 The -
2025-06-28Free Air Purifiers for Burien residents!
Saturday, June 28, 11am - 2pm. The City of Burien and Eco Infinity Nation, in collaboration with King County Public Health, are giving away 100 free air purifiers to Burien residents affected by air pollution. Delivery is on a first come, first serve basis until stocks last. All participants must complete a 5-minute supervised survey as a condition to receive the air purifier. These typically go very fast, we recommend showing up early. -
2025-06-26
The one minute Port Package map fly over
Visualizing Port Package eligibility from 1991 until today A few weeks ago we wrote a post describing the work we had begun to improve our maps and charts and graphs. Here is one tiny example of how you can use them. This one minute video is a ‘fly-over’ of the DNL65 from 1991 until today -
2025-06-25Facial recognition and airport expansion
Convenience = Capacity In 2019, there was a fairly large kerfuffle at the Port Commission over facial recognition. At the time, personal privacy was considered a high priority. The Commission ordered a study and after 18 months came back with this report, and a lot of press, including this article… Sea-Tac is First Airport to -
2025-06-25StART June 25, 2025
StART’s Priority Framework 5:30 pm Identifying StART 2025/26 Priorities 6:30 pm Policy Working Group Activities 6:40 pm Aviation Noise Working Group Arif Ghouse, Interim Airport Managing Director, POS Andrés Mantilla, Uncommon Bridges John Flanagan, State Government Relations Manager, POS Tom Fagerstrom, Noise Programs Manager, POS -
2025-06-25
Port Commission 2025 state legislative session review
Distractions for us. But a good summary of all the Port has on its plate. Full Meeting Packet Item #11b Memo on 2025 State Legislative Session Review Item #11b Presentation on 2025 State Legislative Session Review The June 24 meeting featured a lengthy briefing on the Port’s view of the 2025 legislative session in Olympia. -
2025-06-19
Burien Airport Committee Port Package proposal
Airport group makes important recommendation to Burien City Council At their June 17 meeting the BAC voted 5-0 to make the following recommendation to their City Council. Port package program revamp (resolution) The City of Burien believes that, as currently structured, the Port of Seattle’s “Port Package” replacement program is a failure. Hundreds of homeowners, -
2025-06-17Burien Airport Committee June 17, 2025 (Burien City Hall)
Reports: BAC Priorities, Economic Impact Assessments (Possible UW Project) Port Package Program Community Engagement Burien Collective Meeting -
The Sleepy Time Penalty Period Explainer
Why Fly Quiet programs are not great. And the magic of DNL Sleep disruption, specifically from aircraft, is very unhealthy, creating both acute and chronic illnesses. The FAA recognizes this and takes night time flights into account when establishing the noise boundary (DNL) determining which homes get sound insulation. But there is a lot more