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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 -
2025-06-16
Tweed New Haven Regional Airport to offer free air purifiers after neighbors’ concerns
A Breeze Airways jet, right, arrives next to Avelo Airlines at Tweed New Haven Regional Airport in New Haven, Conn., Tuesday, December 10, 2024. Breeze Airways began service to and from Tweed on Tuesday, joining Avelo Airlines and restoring Tweed to a two-airline airport for the first time in 17 years. Dave Zajac/Hearst Connecticut Media -
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 -
2025-06-14June 14: Aircraft Incident
Incident updates related to an aircraft on the runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). Updates will be posted to this page as they become available. Updates June 14, 2025, 3:19 p.m. Runway 16R is expected to reopen shortly and SEA Airport will return to normal operations. Please continue to check in with your airline about -
2025-06-14Threat aboard plane halts flights at Sea-Tac Airport; 1 in custody
By Lauren Girgis and Paige Cornwell Seattle Times staff reporters The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Saturday afternoon because of a security threat on a plane bound for Walla Walla. Around 1 p.m., flights scheduled to arrive at Sea-Tac were circling or being diverted to other airports, according -
2025-06-12Bird watching
Our last post on funding Port Package updates (Three Votes. Three Dollars.) got many more letters than most. The reactions were everything from enthusiasm to sarcasm and in this year of the SAMP we think it’s time for a reality check. We recently picked up a new volunteer. That in itself is unusual these days. -
2025-06-12
Supreme Court Clarifies NEPA Scope in Light of Loper Bright
By: Steven M. Taber, Esq. In Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado (May 29, 2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Surface Transportation Board (STB) complied with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) when it declined to evaluate environmental impacts from increased oil drilling and refining that could result from a newly approved railway -
2025-06-12The summer travel season is ramping up — but many airlines are cutting back
Americans appear to be bracing for economic uncertainty, and the demand for leisure travel is tracking the decline in consumer confidence. Getty Images | Izabela Habur By Joanne Drilling – National Data Reporter, The Business Journals Jun 12, 2025 Listen to this article5 min Story Highlights Airlines trim summer schedules because of economic uncertainty. Spirit, JetBlue, WestJet -
2025-06-11Unsubstantiated ‘chemtrail’ conspiracy theories lead to legislation proposed in US statehouses
By SARA CLINE and MELISSA GOLDIN BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — As Louisiana Rep. Kimberly Landry Coates stood before her colleagues in the state’s Legislature she warned that the bill she was presenting might “seem strange” or even crazy. Some lawmakers laughed with disbelief and others listened intently, as Coates described situations that are often noted in -
2025-06-09Three votes. Three dollars.
Funding Port Package updates made simple There’s always been confusion about Port Packages (sound insulation): Who pays for it? Who can pay for it? Who is eligible? Who should be eligible? There are a bunch of rules governing all of the above. They may seem complicated. Because they are. But the actual solutions are simple.