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The Flight Plan Project, a joint effort by the Puget Sound Regional Council and the Port of Seattle, produced this 1992 Final Environmental Impact Statement to evaluate long-term commercial air transportation options for the central Puget Sound region. It examines system-level alternatives ranging from expanding Sea-Tac Airport to building new airport facilities, assessing trade-offs related to noise, air quality, land use, and regional quality of life. The document serves as a programmatic planning tool, with no single preferred alternative identified, intended to guide future site-specific environmental reviews and regional airport policy decisions.

Minutes from the January 9, 1992 Des Moines City Council meeting include discussion of airport-related noise and emissions issues, as Mayor Kennedy distributed a written report from the National League of Cities Congress noting that airport noise and aircraft emissions fall within the domain of the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources (EENR) Steering Committee. The report also references a vacant seat on the EENR Steering Committee specifically tied to airport issues, including noise and emissions from aircraft, for which the City of Des Moines applied. Membership would require attendance at four EENR Steering Committee meetings per year at a cost of $968 annually for NLC direct member status.

The Flight Plan Project, published in January 1992 by the Puget Sound Regional Council and the Port of Seattle, examines the long-term air carrier system needs of the Puget Sound region. The report includes study findings, draft recommendations, and a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement. It was funded in part by grants from the Federal Aviation Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Vision 2020 is a Growth and Transportation Strategy for the Central Puget Sound Region, published in October 1990, outlining long-range policies for managing regional growth and transportation planning through the year 2020. The document covers trends and issues, growth strategies, transportation policies, and implementing actions for a broad coalition of member jurisdictions spanning King, Pierce, Snohomish, and Kitsap counties, including the City of SeaTac and dozens of other cities, towns, and tribal governments. It serves as a regional framework for coordinating land use and transportation decisions across the greater Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan area.

The 1988-2020 Regional Airport System Plan, published in October 1987, outlines policies for managing and developing public-use airports across King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Snohomish counties through the year 2020. A central finding is that Sea-Tac Airport was projected to reach full capacity within 10 to 15 years, with intolerable aircraft delays expected unless alternative measures were taken. The plan also addresses noise and flight track mitigation programs, land use compatibility near airports, and the potential role of satellite airports such as Paine Field, Bremerton National, and Tacoma Narrows in relieving pressure on Sea-Tac.