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

Airlines are thriving as people keep traveling

By Niraj Chokshi The New York Times Summer travel is off to a roaring start, with little sign of a slowdown on the horizon. And airline executives say they are doing all they can to keep up, including contending with bad weather and congestion in the skies and on the ground. Three of the nation’s

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