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2021-07-28Appendix G: Historic Resources Cultural Resources Survey
This document is Appendix G of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP), covering a cultural resources survey of near-term airport projects in King County. It outlines coordination between the FAA and the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP), which ultimately concurred with findings of No Adverse Effect on historic resources. The appendix also documents outreach to ten Native American tribes as part of the federally required Section 106 review process. -
2021-07-28Cultural Resources Survey of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Sustainable Airport Master Plan Near-Term Projects, King County
This appendix documents the historic and cultural resources review conducted for near-term construction projects at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, as part of the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP). It includes a timeline of coordination between the FAA and Washington's Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP), which ultimately concurred that the projects would have no adverse effect on historic properties. The appendix also records outreach to ten Native American tribes in the region, including the Muckleshoot, Puyallup, Tulalip, and Suquamish, as required under the federal Section 106 review process. -
2020-12-21Airfield Simulation Modeling History and Summary: Sustainable Airport Master Plan, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
LeighFisher memorandum summarizing airfield simulation modeling conducted for the Port Of Seattle Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) and follow-on NEPA review at Sea-Tac Airport. Covers TAAM (Total Airport and Airspace Modeller) model development from 2015 through mid-2017, including initial calibration to 2014 activity, FAA-requested recalibration to 2016 activity, maximum sustainable throughput experiments, and revised future-year -
2020-12-21
Airfield Simulation Modeling History and Summary: Sustainable Airport Master Plan, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
LeighFisher memorandum summarizing airfield simulation modeling conducted for the Port Of Seattle Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) and follow-on NEPA review at Sea-Tac Airport. Covers TAAM (Total Airport and Airspace Modeller) model development from 2015 through mid-2017, including initial calibration to 2014 activity, FAA-requested recalibration to 2016 activity, maximum sustainable throughput experiments, and revised future-year -
Remaking 70-Year-Old Sea-Tac International Airport
By Tim Newcomb Construction of the North Satellite project, which added gates and modernized the existing facility, was done without disrupting airport operations. PHOTOS COURTESY OF PORT OF SEATTLE An 85-ft-high walkway at the International Arrivals Facility connects the new grand hall to the South Satellite. It was installed at night to limit the impact on -
SAMP For Dummies
The Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) is the blueprint for increasing flight capacity by one third in the next ten years. It will have the same community impact as the Third Runway. In fact, it is happening now. How this is possible, and what it means for us. -
Expansion projects aim to keep Sea-Tac Airport from being a ‘bottleneck’ to region’s growth
An Alaska Airlines jet taxis beneath an enormous pedestrian bridge, still under construction at Sea-Tac Airport. It will link the south satellite with the new International Arrivals Facility. Ed Ronco / KNKX 8:29 Sea-Tac Airport’s Lance Lyttle talks with KNKX All Things Considered host Ed Ronco. Lance Lyttle’s office offers a view across most of -
This is how the Port of Seattle crafted its $2.3B Sea-Tac Airport expansion plan
Sea-Tac Airport passenger volumes are surging, hitting 51.8 million in 2019 and forecast to hit 56 million a year by 2027. Airport staffers are planning projects now to be finished or underway by then to ensure the facility can handle the growth. ANTHONY BOLANTE By Andrew McIntosh – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Trying to forecast -
Growing Concerns
Sea-Tac Airport — the eighth busiest airport in the U.S. — needs to expand, but stakeholders are divided on the best way to do that By Andrew McIntosh – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Jan 24, 2020 Updated Jan 27, 2020, 1:14pm PST Passenger traffic at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is now growing so fast that officials are planning the -
Port of Seattle delays environmental review for Sea-Tac airport expansions
By Andrew McIntosh – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Dec 18, 2019 The Port of Seattle has delayed the environmental review process for potential Seattle-Tacoma International Airport expansion projects until late 2021. The public agency said a statement Monday it’s taking more time for its own environmental review following public feedback on its Sustainable Airport