46 arrested after pro-Palestinian protest shut down SEA Airport road for hours

The expressway leading to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport was blocked by pro-Palestinian protesters on Monday, April 15, 2024. (Image courtesy of KIRO 7) BY JULIA DALLAS MyNorthwest Content Editor Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered across the nation Monday, including in the Seattle area, blocking landmarks and highways to bring attention to the war in the Middle East. The expressway

Sea-Tac Airport Got Very Close To Pre-Pandemic Passenger Peak in 2023

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) nearly broke its passenger volume record in 2023. Just shy of the 2019 record by 941,979, SEA clocked 50,887,260 passengers in 2023. That was up 10.7% from 2022 when 45,964,321 passengers passed through the airport, as travel rebounds from pandemic lows. SEA has seen tremendous growth over the past decade. In

Seattle-Tacoma Airport Expects To Handle Most-Ever Passengers In 2024

  Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) forecasts it will exceed 2019 passenger traffic in 2024 and record its busiest year ever, following up on 2023, when international traffic levels edged over 2019 figures and domestic traffic fell just short of pre-pandemic levels. Overall, the airport handled 50.9 million passengers in 2023, up 11% over 2022, but

Port outlines priorities for Sea-Tac Airport in proposed spending plan

By Marissa Nall – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Oct 31, 2023 The Port of Seattle plans to commit another $1.1 billion to its massive, rolling capital projects agenda at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport under its newly proposed budget for next year. Introduced late last week, the budget sets the stage for $5.3 billion in capital

Sea-Tac Airport has billions in projects planned. Here’s where the money’s going.

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has cut the ribbon on nearly $2 billion worth of major capital projects in the last two years, but much more remains on its to-do list. The airport is looking ahead to another roughly $5 billion in updates through 2027. That’s in an effort to manage what’s now elevated demand throughout the

Meet a few of the 23,329 people who keep Sea-Tac Airport humming 24/7

By  Erik Lacitis  Seattle Times staff reporter IF YOU’RE AN ADULT in Western Washington, there’s a 50/50 chance that you flew out of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in 2022. The specific statistic for this region is 2.4 million adults, or 54%, according to the market research firm Nielsen Scarborough. So, yes: Sea-Tac is a very familiar