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2025-09-16Paine Field expansion plan raises concerns over wetlands, salmon habitat
Author: Eric Wilkinson Published: 6:44 PM PDT September 16, 2025 Updated: 6:44 PM PDT September 16, 2025 MUKILTEO, Wash. — A proposed expansion at Paine Field could pave over nearly three acres of wetlands that neighbors say are vital for protecting salmon habitat. The airport’s plan calls for up to 32 additional acres of paving. But residents living -
2025-09-16
GAO: Aviation Meteorologists: Urgent Actions Needed to Address Staffing Concerns
GAO-25-108597 Published: Aug 28, 2025. Publicly Released: Aug 28, 2025. Fast Facts Bad weather can snarl air travel. Air traffic controllers make weather-related decisions, like changing a plane’s route, for safety and efficiency. The National Weather Service puts aviation meteorologists on-site at the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic control centers to help. They give regular -
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.) -
2025-09-11Ed Bastian Shoots Down The Idea Of A Second Atlanta Airport
By Paul Hartley Paul has had a career of 25+ years focused on the international technology sector, which has taken him to over 100 countries. Along the way, he developed a deep love for aviation, with a travel bucket list measured by aircraft types flown rather than destinations reached. Now he is bringing that avgeek passion, -
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, -
2025-09-09Port of Seattle Commission Meeting
The Port of Seattle Commission is proposing to rename the South King County Community Impact Fund to the "South King and Port Communities Fund" to better reflect the program's expanded geographic reach and mission. -
2025-09-08KCIA Roundtable September 8, 2025
Vision 2045. AOPA, UW Aviation Impacts presentation. Part 150 -
