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2025-05-05
Filing Week: It’s time to run for office and push for airport accountability
Local elections are key to progress on Sea-Tac Airport impacts. This week marks filing week in King County — the window for candidates to officially declare their intention to run for local office. It begins today and closes promptly on Friday at 5:00 PM. For communities affected by Sea-Tac Airport’s ongoing noise and pollution issues, -
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 -
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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 -
2025-04-25FAA/DOT Issues Significant Updates to Grant Programs
Within the past few days, the FAA and U.S. DOT took several significant steps toward aligning federal grant programs with the Trump administration’s policy priorities and objectives, especially as set forth in a series of Executive Orders issued early in this administration. The following documents are of considerable importance to airport sponsors and their compliance -
2025-04-24Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy: Follow the Law
Thursday, April 24, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy issued a reminder to all recipients of federal transportation funding that they must comply with federal laws. Non-compliance may lead to enforcement actions. “Federal grants come with a clear obligation to adhere to federal laws,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy.