The Regional Council is involved in a wide variety of activities related to planning and support for the Central Puget Sound region's public use airport system. The system includes Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, 5 General Aviation Reliever airports, 20 other General Aviation airports, and two Military airfields. Program activities include continuing actions under Resolution A-96-02 (supporting the third runway at Sea-Tac Airport), airport ground access planning, regional air cargo planning, cooperative efforts with the WSDOT Aviation Division in planning for long-range airport capacity, and on-going efforts to address airport compatible land use under the Regional Council's growth management act (GMA) authority.

Regional Air Cargo Strategy has been completed.

Results of the Sea-Tac Airport Community Impact Survey are now available.

The 9th Annual Air Transportation Progress Workshop was held Thursday January 12, 2006 at the Highline School District Board Room in Burien.

PSRC is working with the Washington State Department of Transportation Aviation Division on the Washington State Long-term Air Transportation Study (LATS).

The Regional Council has prepared a staff report on the proposed Southwest Airlines move to Boeing Field.


For more information, contact Stephen Kiehl, skiehl@psrc.org, 206-971-3290