Tagaircraft(222)
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2022-08-19Waterfront Community with Aviation Infrastructure
Image shows a waterfront community with residential buildings, beach area, and forested hills in the background. Several people are visible on the beach, and the scene appears to be in the Pacific Northwest region near what could be an airport-impacted community. -
Sea-Tac Airport BHS Baggage Conveyor Belt System with Motor Drive Units
Interior view of a blue-and-yellow baggage conveyor belt system with multiple motor drive units and control panels mounted along curved belt sections. Equipment labels visible include alphanumeric unit identifiers (e.g., 'SS22-14', 'TM51-0x', unit '13'), consistent with an airport baggage handling installation. -
Boeing 737 MAX in Green Primer Livery Taxiing at Boeing Field
A Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in green primer livery, bearing line number 7396, taxis at Boeing Field (King County International Airport) in front of the Boeing manufacturing facility. The aircraft appears to be destined for Jet Airways based on the partial tail livery visible, photographed during what appears to be a pre-delivery flight operation. -
2022-03-18Tableau Operations Carrier vs. Taxi
A line chart showing scheduled aircraft operations over time for three categories: Air Carrier (aircraft with over 70 seats), Air Taxi (aircraft with less than 70 seats), and All Other. Air Carrier operations peak near 450K before declining sharply at the right end of the chart, while Air Taxi operations rise and then fall dramatically to near zero. -
2020-04-14Airbus A320 “Whistle”: ONCC Technical Committee Meeting, April 14, 2020
Airbus A320 family aircraft (A318, A319, A320, A321) manufactured before 2014 produce a distinctive high-pitched whistling noise during descent, caused by airflow passing through Fuel Over Pressure Protector (FOPP) cavities located on each wing. The noise fades once the landing gear is deployed. A small device called a vortex generator, installed just in front of each vent opening, has been identified as an effective fix, reducing noise levels by up to 4 decibels during the approach phase. -
2019-09-28Jo 7110.126A
FAA Order JO 7110.126A, effective September 28, 2019, updates the rules air traffic controllers use to maintain safe distances between aircraft based on wake turbulence — the invisible air disturbances generated by planes in flight. The order introduces a nine-category system that groups aircraft by size and wake behavior, replacing older weight-only classifications, and reduces required separation distances in cases where science has shown greater spacing is unnecessary, such as when one heavy aircraft follows another of lower wake intensity. Facilities like Sea-Tac must obtain FAA authorization, train all personnel, and update their systems before applying these revised standards. -
2018-10-22Twin-Engine Widebody Jet on Final Approach at Sea-Tac Airport
A twin-engine widebody commercial jet, viewed from below and behind, is captured on final approach with all landing gear fully deployed. The aircraft features a red nose cone and red tail markings consistent with a major carrier livery, possibly American Airlines or a similar operator, but no registration or text is clearly legible. -
2018-09-28Sea-Tac Airport Aerial View with Runways, Concourses, and Puget Sound
Aerial photograph of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA/KSEA) in SeaTac, Washington, showing the main terminal complex, concourses with aircraft at gates, parallel runways, and surrounding urban areas. Puget Sound and the Seattle skyline are visible in the background, consistent with the airport's location between Seattle and Tacoma. -
2018-08-13Video Links (2018): Aircraft Noise Recordings, Beacon Hill Seattle Community Noise Team
The Beacon Hill Seattle Community Noise Team recorded aircraft flying over their neighborhood on August 13, 2018, capturing both video and real-time noise levels using a handheld noise dosimeter. Nine videos from that afternoon show aircraft passing overhead between 12:22 PM and 12:37 PM, with a still image from 12:22 PM displaying a reading of 77.8 decibels on the dosimeter. These recordings were compiled as community evidence of aircraft noise impacts in the Beacon Hill area near Sea-Tac Airport. -
FQUROH: A Flight Demonstration Project for Airframe Noise Reduction Technology
FQUROH: A Flight Demonstration Project for Airframe Noise Reduction Technology – YouTube To make future aircraft quieter, JAXA has been developing airframe noise reduction technologies. The footage introduces JAXA’s FQUROH flight demonstration project for airframe noise reduction technology. (March 2018) (FQUROH stands for the “Flight Demonstration of Quiet Technology to Reduce Noise from High-lift Configurations”)