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WSDOT reportedly has had ongoing discussions about incorporating air mobility into the state’s high-speed rail planning, including the possibility of serving SEA. Credit: AP A high-speed train travels along rail tracks in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. SEATAC, Wash. — State transportation planners are in early discussions about whether a future high-speed rail line

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

The busiest day is expected to be Sunday, July 6, when passenger traffic could set a new single-day record at Sea-Tac Airport. The newly-added checkpoint at Sea-Tac Airport brings five security lanes. Author: KING 5 Staff SEATAC, Wash. — Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) is bracing for a surge in travelers over the July 4th holiday period,

This Boeing 747-8F will be the last produced by Boeing, 54 years after the first, at same plant, same building. The 1,574th — and last — 747 will later be flown by a Boeing test pilot, painted and handed over to cargo and charter carrier Atlas early next year. The lone 747, covered in a

A plane takes off on Monday, December 11, 2017, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Credit: KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer By John Ryan The King County Council unanimously approved a new climate strategy Tuesday, aimed at cutting the county’s climate-harming pollution in half in less than a decade. In addition to halving the climate impact of Washington’s most

Engineers at Sea-Tac Airport are working to boost safety around the coronavirus inside the new North Satellite Terminal with an improved HVAC system. Author: Glenn Farley Published: 8:30 PM PDT August 26, 2020 SEATAC, Wash. — Some passengers may be nervous about flying in airplanes right now over the fear of contracting coronavirus, but what

Officials give update on coronavirus response at Sea-Tac Airport Officials at Sea-Tac Airport say the drop in daily passengers is in the thousands as the region deals with the coronavirus outbreak. SEATAC, Wash. — Sea-Tac Airport Managing Director Lance Lyttle said despite the drastic drop in passengers traveling through the airport due to the coronavirus

A jet departing from LAX dumped fuel over four area schools, sicking dozens of kids and adults. The mayor of Burien is concerned something similar could happen. Author: Christin Ayers BURIEN, Wash. — A day after a jumbo jet departing from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) dumped fuel over four area schools sickening dozens of

Author: KING 5 Staff SEATAC, Wash. — Millions of Americans are on the move, and many went in and out of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for the holiday season. Roughly 2.1 million passengers will have gone through Sea-Tac from Dec. 19 to early January, making it one of the busier holiday seasons on record, according

In 2018 there were 311 ground incidents on the ramps around an increasingly congested Sea-Tac Airport. What it is, and how the airport plans to fight back. Author: Glenn Farley Sea-Tac Airport is working to fight in a major increase in the number of ground incidents and accidents going on below your airport window seat.