Is Two runways are operational at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport?
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (IATA: SEA, ICAO: KSEA, FAA LID: SEA), also known as Sea-Tac Airport, is located in SeaTac, Washington, United States at the intersections of State Route 518, State Route 99 and State Route 509. It is located about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Interstate 5. It serves Seattle, Washington and Tacoma, Washington as well as western Washington state. The airport is a hub for Alaska Airlines, whose headquarters is located near the airport, and its regional subsidiary Horizon Air. The airport has service to many destinations throughout North America, Europe and East Asia. The airport also serves as a focus city for Northwest Airlines. “Welcome to Sea-Tac!” is said in an automated announcement in the airport’s parking garage and skyways, in reference to the nickname that locals of the Seattle metropolitan area have given it. The name came before the city of SeaTac, Washington was founded. In 2008 Sea-Tac served nearly 32.2 million passengers, making it the 18th
It took only seconds for a brand-new Alaska Airlines 737 jet to touch its tires to the pavement, travel roughly 2,000 feet, and take off again. But the touch-and-go landing at 1:01 p.m. Thursday represented a major milestone in the checkered history of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s third runway. It was the first time a commercial plane touched rubber to road on the runway that’s been a generation in the making, cost a shade over $1 billion and is meant to speed up the arrival of incoming planes — even though it won’t help departing flights get in the air any faster. A series of test landings were held Thursday — three on autopilot, when the plane essentially landed itself, and three with the pilot controlling the plane’s touchdown — as part of the Federal Aviation Administration’s certification process for the new runway. The purpose was to ensure that the plane’s instruments were properly communicating with instruments embedded in the runway and with folks in the air traffic
It took only seconds for a brand-new Alaska Airlines 737 jet to touch its tires to the pavement, travel roughly 2,000 feet, and take off again. But the touch-and-go landing at 1:01 p.m. Thursday represented a major milestone in the checkered history of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s third runway. It was the first time a commercial plane touched rubber to road on the runway that’s been a generation in the making, cost a shade over $1 billion and is meant to speed up the arrival of incoming planes — even though it won’t help departing flights get in the air any faster. A series of test landings were held Thursday — three on autopilot, when the plane essentially landed itself, and three with the pilot controlling the plane’s touchdown — as part of the Federal Aviation Administration’s certification process for the new runway. The purpose was to ensure that the plane’s instruments were properly communicating with instruments embedded in the runway and with folks in the air traffic
