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2025-06-14June 14: Aircraft Incident
Incident updates related to an aircraft on the runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). Updates will be posted to this page as they become available. Updates June 14, 2025, 3:19 p.m. Runway 16R is expected to reopen shortly and SEA Airport will return to normal operations. Please continue to check in with your airline about -
2025-06-14Threat aboard plane halts flights at Sea-Tac Airport; 1 in custody
By Lauren Girgis and Paige Cornwell Seattle Times staff reporters The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Saturday afternoon because of a security threat on a plane bound for Walla Walla. Around 1 p.m., flights scheduled to arrive at Sea-Tac were circling or being diverted to other airports, according -
2025-06-07How to find Sea-Tac’s new security checkpoint and not get lost
By Nicholas Deshais Seattle Times staff reporter Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s new security checkpoint opened Friday, but travelers can be forgiven for wondering where, exactly, it is. In short, the new Checkpoint 1 is downstairs on the baggage claim level, below a hanging replica of a historic aircraft, the Rutan Voyager, the first to fly around the -
2024-09-16Airport Security Checkpoint Processing
Image shows passengers going through airport security screening procedures with TSA or security personnel checking documents and operating screening equipment. Multiple travelers are visible in what appears to be a standard airport security checkpoint area. -
2023-05-19Security Checkpoint 2 – Airport Queue Wait Time Display
Airport digital sign showing Security Checkpoint 2 with directions to all gates and a 41-minute wait time. Large crowds of passengers with luggage are visible queuing in what appears to be a busy airport terminal during peak travel periods. -
2019-12-11
Sea-Tac is First Airport to Resist Federal Push for Facial Recognition and Other Biometric Technologies
Katherine Khashimova Long The Seattle Times (TNS) At least for now, controversial facial-recognition technology won’t be installed at boarding gates at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, making the airport the first in the country to resist the rollout of a federal biometric identification program. After hours of impassioned public comment Tuesday, much of it from people calling facial