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2025-10-04Burien to vote on Port Package letter
Airport Committee recommendation highlights program failures At Monday night’s meeting, the Burien City Council will be asked to support and transmit to the Port of Seattle Commission the following letter. The letter is a specific response to the Port’s 2024 Sound Insulation Repair Replacement Pilot Program (SIRRPP), which was intended to begin addressing documented problems -
2025-10-03Tufts University Researcher Reports High Air Pollution in Hanscom-Area Towns
Hanscom Field. JENNY STEWART PHOTO This story has been changed to reflect that the air quality study has been published and is available. A recent research project regarding air quality impacts in the four towns that border Hanscom Field found that there is a high concentration of ultrafine particles (UFP) and airborne lead. Neelakshi Hudda -
2025-10-02Sea-Tac Part 150 Public Workshop 2
The Port of Seattle has completed noise modeling for the 2027 Part 150 Study and will hold three public workshops to explain the new noise exposure map (which determines sound insulation.) <ul> <li>Tuesday, September 30 – 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM – Parkside Elementary (2104 S 247th Street) in Des Moines</li> <li>Thursday, October 2 – 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM – Seahurst Elementary (14603 14th Ave SW) in Burien</li> <li>Saturday, October 4 – Saturday – 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM – Glacier Middle School (2450 S 142nd Street) in SeaTac</li> <li>October 15 at 6:00 PM (Zoom)</li> </ul> -
2025-10-02Two Planes Collide on LaGuardia Airport Taxiway
A plane that was preparing to take off struck a plane that had landed, the authorities said. One flight attendant was injured, and the F.A.A. was investigating. By Francesca Regalado and Mark Walker Oct. 2, 2025 Two regional flights operated by a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines collided on a LaGuardia Airport taxiway on Wednesday evening, injuring one -
2025-10-01Ep #9 Part 150 for Dummies
The Airport Communities Podcast Last week we learned that, since the Third Runway, the Port of Seattle’s finances are the best in the state, due better management, the unique nature of how airports are financed, and the fact that the place was always too big to fail. This week we provide a podcast version of -
2025-09-30
Sea-Tac Part 150 Public Workshops
The Port of Seattle has completed noise modeling for the 2027 Part 150 Study and will hold three public workshops to explain the new noise exposure map (which determines sound insulation.) <ul> <li>Tuesday, September 30 – 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM – Parkside Elementary (2104 S 247th Street) in Des Moines</li> <li>Thursday, October 2 – 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM – Seahurst Elementary (14603 14th Ave SW) in Burien</li> <li>Saturday, October 4 – Saturday – 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM – Glacier Middle School (2450 S 142nd Street) in SeaTac</li> <li>October 15 at 6:00 PM (Zoom)</li> </ul> -
2025-09-29How a Seattle immigration leader is reacting to Trump’s agenda
Asha Heid, 73, and her daughter, Port of Seattle Commissioner Hamdi Mohamed, right, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in July. “I carry her stories and her values in the way that I do my work,” Mohamed said of her mother, who fled civil wars in Somalia to Kenya with her children before immigrating to the United -
2025-09-29Why Is Your Flight Always Delayed? Blame Government Shutdowns.
By Binyamin Appelbaum Opinion Writer Sept. 29, 2025 The Federal Aviation Administration doesn’t have enough air traffic controllers to control the nation’s air traffic. It’s a big problem. Airlines have been forced to delay, reschedule or cancel thousands of flights, especially at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. If you’ve flown recently, perhaps you’ve -
2025-09-26
FAA Signs Off on SAMP NTP
Finding of no significant impacts. 60 day appeal clock begins After an almost nine year process the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued its long-awaited Finding of No Significant Impact / Record of Decision (FONSI/ROD) for the Port of Seattle’s Sustainable Airport Master Plan Near-Term Projects (SAMP NTPs). This clears the way for construction on -
2025-09-25KCIA Public Workshop Part 150, Vision 2045
Please join us and participate in the Vision 2045 Airport Plan Open House for the King County International Airport-Boeing Field (KCIA). This is the fourth open house for the Vision 2045 Airport Plan and Part 150 Study. Register at the link below to receive reminders and updates about this open house and the Vision 2045 Airport Plan. Registration is optional and not required to attend the open house. When: Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Where: KCIA Flight Service Station, 6526 Ellis Avenue South, Seattle, WA, USA