SEA Airport Passenger Numbers Tumble 61% in 2020
Like many industries in the past year, air travel has taken a huge hit and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) was no exception, seeing an...
Aviation Study Seeks Site for Second Major Airport, but Overlooks Environmental Impact
The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) has narrowed the field of possible sites that a second major airport could be located by 2040. In...
Sea-Tac Airport Blasts Past 50 Million Passengers In 2019
Sea-Tac International Airport broke the 50 million passenger mark last year for the first time. A total of 51,829,239 passengers passed through the airport...
Sunday Video: Is It Wrong To Fly?
https://youtu.be/88Cd5H3kmXQ
In this video, Joss Fong and her colleagues at Vox ask the question, “Is it wrong to fly?” They examine the impacts of air...
Sunday Video: Why Don’t We Have Electric Planes Yet?
https://youtu.be/49yDycP3Pgc
Aviation is one of the fastest growing sectors of greenhouse gas emissions. But so far, there are no commercially operated electric planes that could...
Midweek Video: Sea-Tac’s Future International Arrivals Facility
https://youtu.be/A56eEljgwzQ
The Port of Seattle has released a new video visualizing what the new International Arrivals Facility (IAF) will look like and how it will...
Sunday Video: Airport Expansion
https://youtu.be/QN5Rnu0-RhE
Using London’s Heathrow Airport as a case study, Dave Amos explains the pitfalls and limited benefits of airport expansion.
Puget Sound Officials Debate Airport Expansion During Regional Aviation Growth Update
The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) delivered an update on the Regional Aviation Baseline Study last week. The added findings affirm earlier analysis that...