Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

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Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
FlySEA logo.svg
"Sea-Tac" from the air
Characteristics
ICAO code KSEA
IATA code SEA
Coordinates

47 ° 26 '56 "  N , 122 ° 18' 34"  W Coordinates: 47 ° 26 '56 "  N , 122 ° 18' 34"  W
Height above MSL 132 m (433  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 11 miles south of Seattle ,
14 miles northeast of Tacoma
Street I-5 / WA 99 / WA 509 / WA 518
Local transport Bus :
King County Metro Rapid Ride A line, Route 156/180
Sound Transit Route 560/574 Light Rail
:
Seattle Link
Basic data
opening 1944
operator Port of Seattle
surface 1012 ha
Terminals 3
Passengers 49,849,520 (2018)
Air freight 432,315 t (2018)
Flight
movements 		438,391 (2018)
Employees 19,100 (2017)
Runways
16L / 34R 3627 m × 46 m
concrete
16C / 34C 2873 m × 46 m
concrete
16R / 34L 2591 m × 46 m
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The Seattle-Tacoma International Airport ( IATA : SEA , ICAO : KSEA , simply "Sea-Tac" for short ) is the international airport of the cities of Seattle and Tacoma in the US state of Washington . It serves as the hub for Alaska Airlines and Delta Air Lines .

In 2018, around 49.8 million passengers were carried, making it the ninth busiest airport in the United States.

Location and transport links

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is located 11 miles south of Seattle and 14 miles northeast of Tacoma. It is entirely within the SeaTac City area . The Washington State Route 99 runs east of the airport, the Washington State Route 509 west of the airport and the Washington State Route 518 north of the airport. In addition, Interstate 5 runs two kilometers east of the airport.

The Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is by bus and light rail in the public transport involved. The buses on the Rapid Ride A line and routes 156 and 180 of the operator King County Metro and the buses on routes 560 and 574 of the operator Sound Transit connect it with surrounding cities. In addition, it is served by the so far only line of the Seattle light rail , which is also operated by Sound Transit.

history

Seattle-Tacoma Airport was established by the Port of Seattle as an airport for civil air traffic in 1944 after the US military took control of the Boeing factory's airport during World War II . The company received $ 1 million from the Civil Aeronautics Administration and $ 100,000 from the City of Tacoma for construction .

Commercial air travel began in 1947. After Northwest Airlines began serving Tokyo in 1949 , the word International was added to the name of the airport. A new passenger terminal was opened on July 9 of the same year . The runway was extended twice, first in 1959 to allow jet planes to take off and land, and in 1961 to cope with the increase in traffic during the world exhibition . Between 1967 and 1973, a second runway, a parking garage and two terminals were built.

In the 1970s, several residents complained, among other things, of aircraft noise , vibrations and exhaust fumes emitted from the airport. As a result, $ 100 million was invested to eliminate these problems.

Airport facilities

Airport diagram
Passenger Terminal Map

Runways

Air traffic is handled on three runways. The eastern runway is designated 16L / 34R and is 3,627 meters long. The middle runway is designated 16C / 34R, is 2,873 meters long and was originally commissioned in 1969. The last runway - the shortest - was put into operation in 2008. This is called 16R / 34L and is 2591 meters long. It is on the western edge of the airport area between the taxiway and the expressway parallel to the other two lanes. All runways are 46 meters wide and have a grooved concrete surface.

terminal

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has a main terminal with four concourses and two satellite terminals on the apron. In addition, three separate people mover lines are in operation under the name Satellite Transit System , two of which connect the satellite terminals with the concourses of the main terminal. The airport has a total of 80 gates .

Airlines and Destinations

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is the main hub for Alaska Airlines and its subsidiary Horizon Air . It also serves as a hub for Delta Air Lines . It is used by 32 airlines.

A total of 91 national and 29 international destinations are served. The international route network includes scheduled flights to Canada and Mexico as well as intercontinental flights to Asia and Europe . The only destination in the German-speaking area is Frankfurt am Main , which is served by Condor Flugdienst and Lufthansa .

Air freight is also carried by 24 airlines. FedEx flies from here u. a. to Anchorage , Memphis and Oakland . Aerologic flies twice a week from Frankfurt via Seattle to Los Angeles and from there back to Frankfurt.

Airline market shares

Passengers - National (2018)
rank airline Passengers proportion of
1 Alaska Airlines 23.161.241 52.1%
2 Delta Air Lines 9,802,014 22.1%
3 United Airlines 3,202,668 7.2%
4th Southwest Airlines 3,195,869 7.2%
5 American Airlines 2,597,238 5.8%
6th Spirit Airlines 608.228 1.4%
7th Jetblue Airways 553.973 1.2%
8th Hawaiian Airlines 394.115 0.9%
9 Virgin America 302.975 0.7%
10 Frontier Airlines 263.090 0.6%
Other 340,558 0.8%
Passengers - International (2018)
rank airline Passengers proportion of
1 Delta Air Lines 1,696,830 31.3%
2 Alaska Airlines 934,564 17.2%
3 Air Canada 288.156 5.3%
4th British Airways 254.265 4.7%
5 Emirates 230.941 4.3%
6th EVA Air 230.786 4.3%
7th Hainan Airlines 223.293 4.1%
8th Lufthansa 217.065 4.0%
9 Asiana Airlines 176,970 3.3%
10 Icelandair 160,586 3.0%
Other 1,014,095 18.7%
Passengers - Total (2018)
rank airline Passengers proportion of
1 Alaska Airlines 24,095,805 48.3%
2 Delta Air Lines 11,498,844 23.1%
3 United Airlines 3,202,668 6.4%
4th Southwest Airlines 3,195,869 6.4%
5 American Airlines 2,597,238 5.2%
6th Spirit Airlines 608.228 1.2%
7th Jetblue Airways 553.973 1.1%
8th Hawaiian Airlines 394.115 0.8%
9 Virgin America 302.975 0.6%
10 Air Canada 288.156 0.6%
Other 3,111,649 6.2%
Freight - Total (2018)
rank airline Air freight ( tons ) proportion of
1 FedEx 107,693 28.7%
2 Air Transport International 55.605 14.8%
3 ABX Air 35,126 9.4%
4th Alaska Airlines 30,852 8.2%
5 Delta Air Lines 25,190 6.7%
6th China Airlines 11,754 3.1%
7th EVA Air 10,992 2.9%
8th Korean Air 10,817 2.9%
9 Cargolux 10,203 2.7%
10 Asiana Airlines 9.005 2.4%
Other 67,434 18.0%
  1. ↑ The figures include the respective feeder airlines.
  2. ↑ The figures include the respective feeder airlines.
  3. ↑ The figures include the respective feeder airlines.
  4. ↑ The figures include the respective feeder airlines.

Traffic figures

Source: Port of Seattle
Source: Port of Seattle
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport traffic figures 1966–2018
year Passenger volume Air freight ( tons ) Airmail (tons) Aircraft movements
(with military)
National International total
2018 44,421,969 5,427,551 49,849,520 374,671 57,644 438.391
2017 41,804,350 5,130,269 46,934,619 366.205 59,651 416.124
2016 40,870,654 4,866,461 45.737.115 309.105 57,326 412.170
2015 37.960.191 4,380,346 42,340,537 277,370 55.266 381,408
2014 33,675,719 3,822,548 37,498,267 275,481 51,758 340,478
2013 31.247.376 3,579,365 34,826,741 244,447 48,262 317.186
2012 29,975,042 3,248,069 33.223.111 237.310 46,300 309,597
2011 29,838,192 2,985,028 32.823.220 234,586 45,308 314,947
2010 28,745,014 2,808,152 31,553,166 238.062 45.230 313,954
2009 28,593,782 2,633,730 31,227,512 226.285 43,857 317,873
2008 29,274,094 2,922,434 32,196,528 245.916 44,852 345.047
2007 28,585,819 2,710,809 31,296,628 270,746 48,267 347.046
2006 27,517,599 2,478,825 29.996.424 289.143 52,838 340.058
2005 26,817,991 2,471,035 29.289.026 284,775 53,815 341,762
2004 26,368,438 2,436,116 28,804,554 285.162 62,355 358,894
2003 24,527,470 2,272,443 26,799,913 279.502 71,916 354.770
2002 24,440,713 2,297,845 26,738,558 286,594 88,159 364.735
2001 24,683,837 2,352,236 27,036,073 294.286 107,249 400,635
2000 25,962,051 2,446,502 28,408,553 311,381 145,539 445,677
1999 25.270.402 2,435,086 27,705,488 300.501 143,723 433,660
1998 23.710.257 2,153,209 25,863,466 294.165 134.162 407.576
1997 22,887,340 1,842,773 24.730.113 281.147 112,639 385,298
1996 22,639,215 1,685,381 24,324,596 285,977 102.241 395.216
1995 21,107,946 1,666,040 22,773,986 309,679 98,519 386,536
1994 19,482,971 1,489,848 20,972,819 320.027 90.109 353.052
1993 17,393,527 1,406,997 18,800,524 297,326 84.216 339.459
1992 16,462,515 1,499,702 17,962,217 284.242 77,366 345.995
1991 14,759,181 1,554,108 16,313,289 268.221 79,445 338,607
1990 14,399,529 1,840,780 16.240.309 245.136 68,324 355.007
1989 13.710.455 1,530,803 15.241.258 226.239 65,196 334.924
1988 13,095,487 1,400,032 14,495,519 211,232 65,845 315,944
1987 13.180.582 1,264,900 14,445,482 193,309 65,680 292.045
1986 12,465,343 1,177,323 13,642,666 157.027 65,975 259.939
1985 10,436,161 1,030,594 11,466,755 146.142 64,050 234,722
1984 9,468,444 1,008,186 10,476,630 167.704 59,859 223,828
1983 9,256,036 885.701 10,141,737 158.917 54,618 209.253
1982 8,518,366 760.371 9,278,737 147,950 50,697 211.394
1981 8,150,623 967.007 9,117,630 161,434 49.195 207.945
1980 8,247,226 947.424 9,194,650 161.410 49,767 212,744
1979 9,017,605 802.814 9,820,419 171,437 42,759 211,942
1978 7,665,983 701.994 8,367,977 169.063 43,477 195.011
1977 6,646,413 686.030 7,332,443 173.618 41,746 190.026
1976 6,158,045 648.703 6,806,748 162,543 37,699 173,525
1975 5,497,178 615.245 6,112,423 153.114 37.126 -
1974 5,137,734 634.482 5,772,216 130,869 37.141 -
1973 4,644,053 561.040 5,205,093 112,323 38,369 -
1972 4,381,861 407.101 4,788,962 94,532 42,738 -
1971 4,319,336 378.269 4,697,605 84,483 48,074 -
1970 4,270,257 383.186 4,653,443 75,078 55.093 -
1969 4,423,000 381.928 4,804,928 78,767 60,411 -
1968 4,070,198 364,580 4,434,778 69,442 54,135 -
1967 3,514,830 338,777 3,853,607 59,376 37,061 -
1966 2,539,582 282,425 2,822,007 47,680 25,888 -

Busiest routes

Busiest national routes from Seattle (2017)
rank city Passengers Airlines
01 Los Angeles , California 1,250,930 Alaska , American Eagle , Delta , United / United Express
02 San Francisco , California 1,160,280 Alaska, Delta / Delta Connection , United / United Express
03 Anchorage , Alaska 1,008,880 Alaska, Delta, JetBlue , Sun Country
04th Denver , Colorado 0.924.880 Alaska, Delta, Frontier , Southwest , United / United Express
05 Las Vegas , Nevada 0.881.440 Alaska, Delta, Southwest, Spirit
06th Chicago-O'Hare , Illinois 0. 821,900 Alaska, American, Delta, Spirit, United
07th Phoenix , Arizona 0.801.050 Alaska, American, Delta, Southwest
08th Portland , Oregon 0.660.390 Alaska, Delta / Delta Connection
09 Dallas / Fort Worth , Texas 0.621.970 Alaska, American, Spirit
10 San Jose , California 0.621.660 Alaska, Delta / Delta Connection, Southwest

Incidents

  • On April 2, 1956, a Boeing 377 operated by Northwest Airlines ( aircraft registration number N74608 ) suffered severe vibrations after the landing flaps were retracted shortly after take-off from Seattle-Tacoma Airport. The altitude could no longer be maintained, and a ditching was carried out in the Puget Sound bay , almost 9 kilometers southwest of the departure airport. About 15 minutes later the plane sank. Of the 38 occupants, 5 were killed, 1 crew member and 4 passengers.
  • On November 24, 1971, a plane on Northwest Airlines Flight 305 from Seattle-Tacoma to Portland was hijacked by a man named Dan Cooper . He dismissed the passengers after 200,000 US dollars and four parachutes had received. Then he let the plane take off again and jumped over southwest Washington with the money.

See also

Web links

Commons : Seattle-Tacoma International Airport  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
Wikivoyage: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport  Travel Guide

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Fact Sheet. (No longer available online.) PortSeattle.org, archived from the original on April 3, 2018 ; accessed on April 2, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.portseattle.org
  2. ↑ AirportIQ 5010: Seattle-Tacoma International. GCR1.com, accessed November 27, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Airport Statistics. PortSeattle.org, accessed February 6, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e Airport Basics. PortSeattle.org, accessed March 26, 2019 .
  5. ^ Ground Transportation. PortSeattle.org, accessed March 25, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Airport Projects. PortSeattle.org, accessed March 26, 2019 .
  7. ↑ a b Airlines and Destinations. PortSeattle.org, accessed March 26, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Air Cargo Carriers. PortSeattle.org, accessed March 26, 2019 .
  9. ↑ a b c d Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Annual Activity Report. Tableau.com , accessed March 26, 2019 .
  10. ↑ a b c Airport Statistics. PortSeattle.org, accessed February 6, 2019 .
  11. ^ Seattle / Tacoma International. Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed April 2, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Accident Report B-377 N74608 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 18 2020th
  13. ↑ accident report DHC-8-400 N449QX , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 10 of 2019.