Paine Field: The Region’s Next Major Airport or Small Regional Airport?

A view onto Paine Field’s airfield from the passenger terminal. (Stephen Fesler) Paine Field International Airport (PAE) in Everett could see some notable expansions in the coming years to support increasing commercial passenger demand. Snohomish County, which owns the airport grounds but not the passenger terminal itself, has developed a draft master plan that is pending final

Sea-Tac Airport Got Very Close To Pre-Pandemic Passenger Peak in 2023

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) nearly broke its passenger volume record in 2023. Just shy of the 2019 record by 941,979, SEA clocked 50,887,260 passengers in 2023. That was up 10.7% from 2022 when 45,964,321 passengers passed through the airport, as travel rebounds from pandemic lows. SEA has seen tremendous growth over the past decade. In