TagSea-Tac Airport(2025)

This C.A.S.E. (Communities Against Sea-Tac Expansion) campaign poster calls for a ban on night flights over residential neighborhoods between 12am and 6am. Under the slogan 'Time Out,' it argues that eliminating overnight aircraft noise is essential for community health, emphasizing that better sleep leads to better health. The image uses a standard prohibition symbol over a nighttime airplane silhouette to visually reinforce the demand for a quiet curfew period.

This brochure, published by the Regional Commission on Airport Affairs (RCAA), argues against the Port of Seattle's 'Flight Plan' proposal to add a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. It highlights existing noise burdens on South End communities—where jet noise already averages 65 Ldn and reaches up to 105 decibels—and warns that the expansion would add 120,000 more flights annually by 2020, consuming 12% of residents' daily lives with jet noise. The document cites health experts and a renowned noise specialist, Dr. James Chalupnik, to advocate for alternative solutions such as remote airports and high-speed rail instead of expanding the urban airport.

This pamphlet from the Regional Commission on Airport Affairs (RCAA) opposes a proposed third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, arguing that construction costs alone could exceed $500 million and balloon to $1.2 billion when mitigation and interest are included. Economists cited in the document warn that the true total cost could approach $2 billion when factoring in school insulation, declining property values, and other indirect impacts on surrounding communities. The RCAA contends that taxpayers and airline passengers would bear up to 92% of the cost while receiving a runway that generates less than 1% return on the public's investment.

SeaTacNoise.Info has received a grant from 4Culture, King County's cultural funding agency, to help complete a documentary film titled 'Under The Flight Path: A Community History of Sea-Tac Airport.' The film aims to tell the largely untold story of communities living near Sea-Tac Airport from its founding in 1949 to the present, drawing on a library of over 300,000 historical documents. Unlike existing histories focused on the aviation industry's successes, the documentary seeks to provide a balanced perspective for residents and stakeholders as the airport's growth continues to accelerate.