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2025-09-23Port of Seattle Commission Meeting
Full Meeting Packet 11a. Central Services. It is the beginning of budget season. The Port Commission receives separate briefings on each of the sections of the empire. This meeting will discuss the small but mighty Central Services, which provides administrative services for the agency as a whole, including: Accounting, Human Resources, External Relations (lobbying), Legal, -
2025-09-21Ep #8 The Rube Goldberg Debt Experiment
The Airport Communities Podcast Last week we looked back at how the Port of Seattle’s tree cutting, originally known as the Flight Corridor Safety Program, led to a short-lived public interest about the SAMP, including the creation of a number of local groups, and the development of all the Port’s current community grant programs. Housekeeping: -
2025-09-20Revealed: ‘Corporate capture’ of UN aviation body by industry
Exclusive: Industry delegates outnumbered climate experts by 14 to one at recent ICAO meeting, thinktank says Damian Carrington Environment editor Fri 19 Sep 2025 01.00 EDT The UN aviation organisation has been captured by the industry, a report has concluded, leading to the urgent action required to tackle the sector’s high carbon emissions being blocked. Industry -
2025-09-19Flights resume after radar and communication outages hit air traffic controllers in Dallas
By Pete Muntean Alexandra Skores, Aaron Cooper People gather near an American Airlines desk on Friday, September 19, as planes are delayed at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport due to a reported telecommunication outage. Lorenzo Ferrigno/CNN A telecommunication outage caused Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers in Dallas to lose radar and some communications Friday afternoon, -
2025-09-17Work group revisits JBLM option to ease SEA Airport congestion
A state work group is exploring air travel at JBLM to ease SEA airport congestion, despite military opposition. Author: Drew Mikkelsen UNION GAP, Wash. — A state work group is again weighing whether to allow civilian air travel at Joint Base Lewis-McChord as a way to relieve Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s mounting congestion. The military rejected a -
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.)