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2023-04-24Seattle-Tacoma International Airport history search results (st03)
This collection of essays and timeline entries from HistoryLink.org traces the full history of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, from its origins as a World War II-era civilian airport built by the Port of Seattle to the complex debates of the 1980s–2000s over adding a third runway. Key topics include the airport's rapid growth during the jet age, the economic disruptions of the Boeing Bust, and the federal deregulation of airlines in 1978. A central focus is the prolonged public and political battle over noise impacts and runway expansion, which drove up the third runway's projected cost from $430 million to $1.1 billion and delayed its completion by nearly a decade. -
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Sea-Tac International Airport: Third Runway Project
By Walt Crowley (with research by Daryl McClary and Paula Becker) Posted 6/21/2003 HistoryLink.org Essay 4211 The development of a third “dependent” runway at Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International Airport, the state’s largest airport, was one of the largest and most sensitive public works projects in regional history. The need for an additional runway for bad-weather operations -
Sea-Tac International Airport’s third runway opens on November 20, 2008.
By Kit Oldham Posted 11/29/2008 HistoryLink.org Essay 8855 On November 20, 2008, the new third runway at Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International Airport opens to scheduled air traffic when an Alaska Airlines flight takes off for Denver following a dedication ceremony. The 8,500-foot-long runway is the culmination of more than 20 years of planning, construction, and controversy. -
Washington State Legislature imposes moratorium on new runway development at Western Washington airports in March 1992
Posted 3/21/2003 HistoryLink.org Essay 4200 In March 1992, the Washington State Legislature orders the Air Transportation Commission (AIRTRAC) to study air -transportation issues facing the state, and imposes a moratorium on new runway development at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) and at other western Washington airports until the study is complete. This action reflects legislators’ skepticism -
1993-04-28
Puget Sound Regional Council amends the Regional Airport System Plan to support a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport
On April 29, 1993, the Puget Sound Regional Council’s General Assembly adopts Resolution A-93-03 amending the 1988 Regional Airport System Plan (RASP) on the basis of a three-year “Flight Plan” study concluded in 1992. The Resolution declares that “the region should pursue vigorously, as the preferred alternative, a major supplemental airport and a third runway -
1983-11-08Ivar Haglund is elected, unintentionally, to the Seattle Port Commission on November 8, 1983
Posted 6/27/2000 HistoryLink.org Essay 2511 On November 8, 1983, Seattle restaurateur and celebrity Ivar Haglund (1905-1985) is unintentionally elected to a six-year term on the Seattle Port Commission, after he files to run as a publicity gag. He was annoyed by boxcars that blocked the view of Elliott Bay from his Acres of Clams restaurant. -
1969-02-08Sea-Tac International Airport: Part 3 — Boeing Bust to Deregulation
The Port of Seattle built Seattle-Tacoma International Airport during World War II to relieve pressure on existing airports such as Seattle’s Boeing Field. Following the war, Sea-Tac quickly established itself as the region’s aviation hub, but it had to undertake major improvements to accommodate newer jet aircraft and steadily increasing numbers of passengers. During the