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In September 2011, the Port of Seattle briefed commissioners on an Airline Realignment Program at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, driven by major industry mergers such as Delta-Northwest, United-Continental, and Southwest-AirTran. The program involved relocating and consolidating multiple airlines—including Alaska Air Group, American, Virgin America, and others—across different terminals and satellites, with Alaska Air Group planning to consolidate at the North Satellite and Concourse C. The total estimated cost of the realignment program ranged from $122 million to $130 million, covering capital and expense projects.

This document traces the history of commercial airport capacity and noise policy decisions in the Central Puget Sound region from 1973 to 2006, focusing on Sea-Tac Airport. It covers key milestones such as the Port of Seattle's various noise mitigation programs, agreements with the Highline School District, and debates over building a third runway and expanding Boeing Field. The chronology highlights the ongoing tension between meeting growing air travel demand and addressing the noise impacts on surrounding communities and schools.

In October 2005, King County Executive Ron Sims rejected proposals from Southwest Airlines and Alaska Airlines to move commercial passenger service to Boeing Field (King County International Airport). Southwest had proposed an $130 million, 8-gate terminal for up to 85 flights per day, while Alaska Airlines followed with a $150 million proposal for up to 100 flights per day, but the competing proposals together would have required costly environmental review, significant public funding, and were projected to cause major noise and traffic impacts on surrounding neighborhoods. Sims concluded that while either proposal alone might have been feasible, accommodating both was impossible under his criteria of no taxpayer subsidies and no significant noise or traffic harm to communities.

Port of Seattle Final SEPA Determination of Non-Significance (DNS), POS SEPA No. 01-08, dated March 30, 2001, for the Alaska Airlines Maintenance Facility Expansion at Seattle-Tacoma Airport, north of South 188th Street and west of 28th Avenue South. The proposed project expands and remodels existing Alaska Airlines maintenance facilities including offices, repair shops, parts storage,

This Winter 1998 newsletter from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Noise Abatement Office reports that U.S. airline fleets are transitioning ahead of schedule to quieter Stage 3 aircraft, with 75.5% of U.S. planes and 87% of Sea-Tac flights already meeting the standard required by the year 2000. Alaska Airlines completed hush kit installations on its Boeing 737-200 jets, achieving full Stage 3 compliance two years early, though engine testing caused some community noise concerns. Quarterly reports for mid-1997 also detail nighttime flight restrictions, noise complaint line activity, flight procedure compliance rates, and progress on a home insulation remediation program that had assisted over 7,000 homeowners.

A June 1997 transmittal from the Port of Seattle Engineering Department to Alaska Airlines' Peggy McCloskey forwards final bid bioassay results for the Arco Hoecust Safewing MP IV 1957 Green product. The enclosed Laboratory Report from Bio Research Laboratories, Inc. documents an Acute Oral Rat Toxicity Test performed for MultiChem Analytical Services, testing the Green Safewing MP IV substance at a dose of 5000 mg/kg. The report, dated May 21, 1997, was directed by Warren C. Ladiges, DVM, and signed off by President and Scientific Director John J. Majnarich, Ph.D.

This 1975 document shows the location of airline tenants at Sea-Tac International Airport, mapping gate assignments across the airport's concourses and satellite terminals. Airlines listed include Alaska, Braniff, Continental, Eastern, Hughes Airwest, Northwest, Pan Am, Pacific West, SAS, United Air Lines, and Western. The map identifies each carrier's specific gate numbers within Concourses B and C, the North and South Satellites, and other terminal areas.