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  • 1948-01-01

    Seatac Airport Map 1948 rotated

    An airport diagram showing multiple runways including dimensions 10502x199 and 9500x150 and 5000x100, with labeled facilities including Main Terminal, Tower, U.S. Customs, Mid-Field Cargo Complex, and General Aviation Parking. Runway end identifiers visible include 33L, 15L, 15R, 28, and 10, suggesting a multi-runway facility, though the specific airport is not explicitly named in visible text.
    TagsAirport Layout Plans, History, Map, Runways, Sea-Tac Airport
  • 1948-01-01

    Sea-Tac Airport Layout Map with Three Runways (1948)

    Airport layout diagram of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport showing three runways (9500x150, 10502x199, and 5000x100 ft), with labeled facilities including the Main Terminal, Tower, U.S. Customs, General Aviation Parking, and Mid-Field Cargo Complex. Runway end identifiers visible include 15L, 33R, 33L, 15R, and others, with a magnetic variation note of VAR 11.1° W.
    TagsAirport Layout Plans, History, Map, Runways, Sea-Tac Airport
  • 1948-01-01

    Sea-Tac Airport 1948 Aerial Photograph With Closed Runway Markers

    Black-and-white aerial photograph of an airport facility showing multiple runways in an X-pattern configuration. Two red lines have been overlaid on the image forming an X shape, a standard aeronautical symbol indicating closed or decommissioned runways.
    TagsAirport Layout Plans, History, Runways, Sea-Tac Airport
  • 1948-01-01

    1948 Aerial Photograph of Airport Runways

    Black-and-white aerial photograph showing a general aviation or regional airport with multiple intersecting runways in an X/triangle configuration, surrounded by a grid of rural and suburban parcels. No visible text, captions, or identifying markings are present in the image.
    TagsHistory, Map, Runways, Sea-Tac Airport
  • 1948-01-01

    Sea-Tac Airport Aerial Photo, 1948

    TagsHistory, Runways, Sea-Tac Airport
  • 1948-01-01

    Sea-Tac Airport Aerial View Showing X-Pattern Runways, 1948

    Black-and-white aerial/satellite photograph showing an airport with multiple crossing runways arranged in an X-pattern, surrounded by a mixed urban and rural landscape with a grid road network. Two small label tabs are visible at the bottom of the image but the text is not clearly legible.
    TagsHistory, Runways, Sea-Tac Airport
  • 1948-01-01

    Aerial Photograph of Airport with X-Pattern Runway Configuration, 1948

    Black-and-white aerial photograph showing a multi-runway airport facility with an X-pattern runway configuration on the left side of the frame, surrounded by a gridded suburban or semi-rural landscape with roads, parcels, and scattered development. No visible text, date, or identifying labels are present in the image.
    TagsHistory, Runways, Sea-Tac Airport
  • SeaTimes-1949-Earl Bigler Named Airport Director-BD4D552785CD09871DD1EC6C22B2D375

    AP Wirephoto news clipping reporting that Earle S. Bigler, a former Ottawa resident and head of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce aviation division, has been named manager of the Seattle-Tacoma airport at Bow Lake, Washington, assuming his new duties October 1. Bigler previously served in various aviation roles during World War II and as advertising manager of the Herald.
    CategoriesHistory TagsBow Lake, Earl Bigler, Sea-Tac Airport
  • SeaTimes-10021947-four bids on bow lake airport-BD4D552785CD09871DD1EC6C22B2D375

    A newspaper clipping dated 10/2/47 reports that four firms submitted bids for construction of the administration building at Seattle-Tacoma Airport at Bow Lake, with Lease & Leighland Contract Company as low bidder at $2,190,025. The low total bid for all three phases of construction was $2,755,626, with contracts to be awarded at the Port of Seattle commissioners' weekly Tuesday meeting.
    CategoriesHistory TagsBow Lake, Construction, Sea-Tac Airport, Seattle Times
  • 1947-01-01

    SEA-TAC Early Construction Circa 1947

    Black-and-white aerial photograph showing an airport facility with runways, a large hangar building in the foreground with several propeller aircraft on the apron, and what appears to be active construction of terminal or support buildings in the mid-ground. The early runway configuration and propeller-era aircraft suggest a mid-20th century timeframe, consistent with Sea-Tac Airport's development period.
    TagsConstruction, History, Runways, Sea-Tac Airport

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Sea-Tac Airport is currently undergoing the largest and longest expansion in its history, collectively known as the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP). Some of it you can already hear, but you’re probably not aware of what it all means. Here’s what you need to know.
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As the source for federal transportation grants, the Puget Sound Regional Council was charged with developing a system to meet the growing need for commercial aviation. When the search for a second airport failed, they authorized the Port of Seattle to build the Third Runway, with a mandate to develop a noise abatement and mitigation program. In their effort to stop the Third Runway, the ACC argued over every detail of the Port's efforts--including property buyouts and sound insulation. The dispute was meant to be settled by a three member Expert Arbitration Panel. This is their final report. It finds 2-1, that the Port's program was insufficient in several respects. Despite that, funding for the Third Runway was approved by the PSRC, and the 'Port Package' program, proceeded largely unchanged. Expert Arbitration Panel's final decision finding that the Port of Seattle had not shown sufficient reduction in real on-the-ground noise impacts to satisfy noise reduction conditions required for approval of a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. The majority decision concluded the Port's noise abatement programs were insufficient despite being impressive in scope.
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