Slide 9 from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Sustainable Airport Master Plan presentation, titled 'Development Constraints – Airfield: Modeling a Preliminary Concept for Gate Expansion.' The slide shows an aerial diagram comparing two proposed expansion areas: Concourse A Expansion (left, with red conflict markers indicating airfield constraints) and a North Concourse concept (right, shown in blue dashed outline).
Final slide (page 14) of a Port of Seattle Sea-Tac Airport SAMP (Sustainable Airport Master Plan) presentation, directing viewers to www.portseattle.org or http://bit.ly/airport-master-plan for more information and updates. The slide includes a nighttime exterior photograph of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport terminal with aircraft at gates and the air traffic control tower visible.
This slide from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Sustainable Airport Master Plan presents the planning schedule, including Activity Forecast (completed Q3 2014), Alternatives Analysis & Plan Development (Q4 2014–Q3 2015), Program Plan of Finance (Q1 2016), and Environmental Review (Q3 2015–Q4 2016). A Gantt chart at the bottom shows task timelines across 2014–2016, with Commission Briefing milestones marked.
We’ve begun using the term “Fourth Runway” to describe two large projects (SR-509 and the Sustainable Airport Master Plan) as one system, which they are. The two projects have always been part of a regional plan begun over fifty years ago to meet the strategic goals of the Port Of Seattle and regional planners. The construction of SR-509 will affect the communities are great deal. But starting in 2027 the projects will also increase flight operations at least 33% and cargo operations by 300%.
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
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.
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
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
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
