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2025-05-05State Session 2025: Good and bad news for airport impacts
Final budget has two notables for communities under the flight path. The Good Included in the newly passed 2025 Washington State budget is a $440,000 grant to the University of Washington Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (UW DEOHS) to install an aviation-specific air quality monitoring site in Des Moines. This will be the -
2025-05-01Airline Trade Group Asks FAA To Extend New York Flight Requirement Cuts Due To Inadequate ATC Staffing
By Alexander Mitchell On April 30, 2025, multiple major US-based airlines asked the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to extend cuts to minimum flight requirements at highly congested airports in the New York City area. The organization of airline industry representatives has requested that these cuts be made through October 2027, with the group citing severe -
King County International Airport is planning for the future Vision 2045
Parallel planning studies will have impacts for everyone living under the flight path The Vision 2045 Airport Plan will evaluate how KCIA can evolve and adapt to meet future aviation demand and become a world-class airport. This airport planning process will result in an airport plan that will serve airport users and surrounding community members -
2025-04-29Port Package Updates: Where Things Stand Now
A hopeful program now feels like virtual signaling First, a quick apology. 2025 has been the year of the SAMP (Sustainable Airport Master Plan) and the launch of our new documentary Under The Flight Path, so we’ve been more than a little distracted. But we want to bring you up to speed on Port Package -
2025-04-26Q1 2025: U.S. Airlines struggle to stay aloft
An update on commercial aviation in this year of the SAMP The first quarter of 2025 continued to show mixed financial results for major U.S. airlines. Despite some post-pandemic recovery in travel demand, economic uncertainty, higher operational costs, and softening domestic travel led to significant challenges across the industry. Here’s how the top carriers performed: -
2025-04-25
FAA to roll back environmental, climate and Civil Rights commitments in Airport Grant rules
Executive Orders have significant impact on environmental justice and lead The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a notice updating the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grant assurances, making several important changes that airport-affected communities should know about. These new rules take immediate effect for Fiscal Year 2025 AIP grants, but the FAA is accepting public -
2025-04-23
Port Commission meeting: SLOAs, Dining, Fly Quiet, Baggage, 2024 Financials
Performance strong despite large capital spending and unexpected costs At the April 22, 2025 Meeing (Packet), the Port of Seattle Commission heard several important presentations on the airport, including retail dining, a new baggage system, the Fly Quiet program, and a 2024 budget presentation delayed by last year’s cyberattack. Our member made a public comment -
2025-04-21Delta plane catches fire at Orlando airport, forcing passenger evacuations
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Delta Air Lines airplane caught fire on Monday before it was supposed to take off at a central Florida airport, forcing the evacuation of passengers, airport officials said. There were no reports of any injuries during the fire on the plane at Orlando International Airport, Delta said in a statement. -
2025-04-20Free soil testing events for residents under Asarco Plume
Make sure your soil is healthy Two upcoming soil testing events will offer free soil tests for all residents under the flight path. These events, hosted by the Washington Department of Ecology, will let you check whether soil in your yard has traces of historic chemical contamination from the Asarco Smelter. Background Arsenic and lead -
2025-04-19
Upcoming StART meeting first to be closed to the public
Announcement comes on the heels of Airport Director’s exit In a move that has caught community advocates and city representatives off guard, the Port of Seattle has closed the upcoming StART (SEA Stakeholder Advisory Round Table) meeting to the public — a first for the advisory body since its creation in 2018. This meeting, scheduled