Seattle Airport also called Seattle–Tacoma International Airport holds IATA Code as SEA. For convenience, people also call it “Sea-Tac”This is the largest airport within the Pacific Northwest region of USA. The facility is located in the city named of SeaTac in Washington which is around 20 km south ofSeattle downtown. It is the primary airport serving Seattle metropolitan area.
The airport handles flights to Asia, Middle East Europe and of course all parts of USA. The airport is the main hub for operations of Alaska Airlines and the regional subsidiary for Horizon Air having their headquarters near the airport. Delta Air Lines also uses this airport as a hub and the international gateway for Europe and Asia. The airport served more than 37 million passengers in 2014. The airport has one of the largest car parking having space for 31,000 vehicles ranking it as the largest parking garage in North America under one roof.
The airport is the first to implement an avian radar technology to monitor wild life activity across the air field to help reducing fatal aircraft accidents with flying birds. This technology involves University of Illinois to reduce wildlife presence on the airfield.
Sea-TacAirport is situated at the intersections of State Route 509 and State Route 99 and State Route 518, that makes only 2.5 kms from Interstate 5. The airport has a Central Terminal building together with four concoursesmarked A, B, C and D with two Satellite Terminals named North Terminal and South Terminal. These satellite terminals are linked to the central terminal through an underground passenger mover system. Mainly three checkpoints are used while the fourth is only opened during high rush times.
The airport is the first to implement an avian radar technology to monitor wild life activity across the air field to help reducing fatal aircraft accidents with flying birds. This technology involves University of Illinois to reduce wildlife presence on the airfield.
Sea-TacAirport is situated at the intersections of State Route 509 and State Route 99 and State Route 518, that makes only 2.5 kms from Interstate 5. The airport has a Central Terminal building together with four concoursesmarked A, B, C and D with two Satellite Terminals named North Terminal and South Terminal. These satellite terminals are linked to the central terminal through an underground passenger mover system. Mainly three checkpoints are used while the fourth is only opened during high rush times.
Sea-TacAirport is situated at the intersections of State Route 509 and State Route 99 and State Route 518, that makes only 2.5 kms from Interstate 5. The airport has a Central Terminal building together with four concoursesmarked A, B, C and D with two Satellite Terminals named North Terminal and South Terminal. These satellite terminals are linked to the central terminal through an underground passenger mover system. Mainly three checkpoints are used while the fourth is only opened during high rush times.
The airport is connected through light-rail line of Seattle's Central Link at the Airport Station. Transit providers like Sound Transit and other transit providers help passengers travelling to Airport. Fast and frequent public transit facilities connect the airport with major cities like Bellevue Seattle and Tacoma. The Link light rail at the airport departs every 7 to15 minutes for downtown Seattle. This trip to downtown Seattle takes around 35 minutes.The airport's light rail station is linked to fourth floor of parking garage at the airport.