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
Sea-Tac’s parking garage is huge, pricey and almost always mostly full
1 of 2 | The Sea-Tac parking garage, with 13,000 spaces, is the world’s second-largest parking lot, according to the online geography site WorldAtlas.com. Number 1 honors go to the West Edmonton Mall in Alberta, Canada, with 20,000 spaces…. (Port of Seattle, 1968) By Erik Lacitis Seattle Times staff reporter Editor’s note: Pacific NW magazine’s
Seattle Times 1948 Bow Lake Airport
Sea-Tac’s legacy of PFAS chemicals: ‘foam showers,’ sick firefighters and contaminated water
Feb. 12, 2023 at 6:00 am Updated Feb. 12, 2023 at 2:04 pm 1 of 15 | Jason Schnase, a battalion chief of training and safety with the Port of Seattle Fire Department, shows where firefighting foam is stored on an aircraft rescue firefighting vehicle at Sea-Tac Airport. A 3% PFAS/97% water… (Ellen M. Banner /
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Ray Bishop Scrapbook (Washington Digital Archives)
This scrapbook was assembled by Ray Bishop, Port of Seattle engineer involved in construction of Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International Airport. The scrapbook includes photos documenting the construction from the initial grading work through expansion in the early 1960s and clippings documenting events at Sea-Tac through 1976. Bishop donated the scrapbook to the Port of Seattle in
Summary Forecast Of Aviation Demand 1980-2000 02-24-1982
Port of Seattle Blueprint (Winter 2010)
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A Port of Seattle publication about construction progress at Sea-Tac Airport...
Topographic Map.com (King County)
Topographic Map is a free Internet site that aggregates content from ESRI and OpenStreetMaps to create heat maps for given areas. This particular image shows the plateau (partially man-made) on which the airport sits.