TagFlight Tracks(67)
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2022-07-14Mountain Two Departure (MONTN2.SEA) — Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Standard Instrument Departure
FAA Standard Instrument Departure (SID) chart AL-582 for the Mountain Two Departure (MONTN2.SEA) from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA/KSEA). Covers departure route descriptions for Runways 16L, 16C, 16R, 34L, 34C, and 34R. Specifies climb headings (165°, 161°, 341°, 344°, 347°), fixes PEAKK (SEA 5 DME at or above 3000 ft) and NEZUG (SEA 8 DME at -
2022-05-26Air Quality Monitoring (AQM) Presentation: Sea-Tac Airport Flight Tracks and Airfield Overview
This document contains airfield mapping and flight-track data related to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac), showing Port of Seattle lease boundaries, zone match lines, and recorded aircraft flight paths in the surrounding region. It includes a radar playback capture from August 14, 2019, depicting a FedEx 397 missed approach and an Alaska 807 departure with a non-standard turn at approximately 2,130 feet MSL. The materials appear to be part of an airport noise or operations review archive documenting aircraft movement patterns around Sea-Tac. -
2022-05-26Air Quality Monitoring (AQM) Presentation: Sea-Tac Airport Flight Tracks and Airfield Overview
Presentation by Leonard John Mark Smith (Smith AQM) showing aerial maps and flight track data for Sea-Tac Airport. Includes Port Of Seattle lease boundary and zone match line boundary map at 1-inch equals 1,000 feet scale, an aerial overview of the airfield with labeled areas including Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Weatherhaven, and Mount Rainier International -
2021-03-24Public comment on flight path dispersion for Sea-Tac Airport departures, Highline Forum meeting
In a March 2021 public comment to the Highline Forum, Federal Way resident Bernedine Lund urged Sea-Tac Airport officials to request that the FAA disperse departure flight paths to reduce concentrated aircraft noise over residential areas. Drawing on examples from the 2021 Aviation Noise & Emissions Symposium, she highlighted how Charlotte Douglas International Airport successfully spread departure tracks from a 1.6-mile-wide corridor to 2.5 miles, and noted that similar tightly clustered flight paths exist over Federal Way. She pointed to FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, Section 175, which allows airport operators—in consultation with affected communities—to formally request dispersal of departure procedures between the surface and 6,000 feet, provided the change does not increase noise over sensitive areas. -
2020-10-27Average number of Horizon Air Q400s proceeding on the westbound 250 degree turn over Burien during full north-flow days
This October 27, 2020 document from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport tracks the average daily number of Horizon Air Q400 turboprop aircraft making a westbound 250-degree turn over the city of Burien during full north-flow operating days. Data from July and August of both 2019 and 2020 show daily overflight counts ranging from 10 to 22 aircraft, with monthly averages rising from 16 overflights per day in summer 2019 to 17–19 overflights per day in summer 2020. The records appear intended to document trends in aircraft noise exposure for residents living under that flight path. -
Flow and Flight Tracks
A set of daily tracks from March 1 to March 18, 2018, giving a representation of North Flow and South Flow departure and arrivals. To make sense of these we suggest reading our article on runways and flow. People who complain about the flight concentration immediately notice the pattern to ‘the funnel’, ie. the points -
2018-09-24Seattle Times 24 hours of arrivals at Sea-Tac Greener Skies not implemented on west side of zipper merge
A flight-track map published by The Seattle Times (graphic by Emily M. Eng, sources: Port of Seattle and Esri) showing all arriving flights at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on September 24, 2018. The graphic illustrates that the Greener Skies plan's westside-arrival procedure had not been implemented as designed, with planes flying up to 15 miles farther north than intended rather than turning over Elliott Bay and downtown Seattle. -
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A commercial jet aircraft, viewed from below against a blue sky with scattered clouds, with concentric circle rings digitally overlaid centered on the aircraft, likely representing noise contours or radar signal propagation. The airline livery is not clearly legible, though the aircraft appears to be a twin-engine narrowbody or widebody jet. -
2018-03-01Flight track map depicts aircraft operations for Seattle – Tacoma International Airport on March 1-2, 2018
These flight track maps from the Port of Seattle show aircraft arrival, departure, and overflight paths at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on March 1–2, 2018. On March 1, the airport operated predominantly in South Flow (87% of operations, 953 flights), with a brief period of North Flow (13%, 145 flights); on March 2, all 1,118 operations were conducted entirely in South Flow. The maps illustrate how flight corridors shift direction depending on the flow configuration, affecting which surrounding communities—such as those north of the airport near Shoreline and Mountlake Terrace versus those to the south near Auburn and Pacific—experience the greatest noise exposure. -
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Flight track map depicts aircraft operations for Seattle – Tacoma International Airport on March 1-2, 2018
These flight track maps from the Port of Seattle show aircraft arrival, departure, and overflight paths at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on March 1–2, 2018. On March 1, the airport operated predominantly in South Flow (87% of operations, 953 flights), with a brief period of North Flow (13%, 145 flights); on March 2, all 1,118 operations were conducted entirely in South Flow. The maps illustrate how flight corridors shift direction depending on the flow configuration, affecting which surrounding communities—such as those north of the airport near Shoreline and Mountlake Terrace versus those to the south near Auburn and Pacific—experience the greatest noise exposure.