Seattle Tacoma (SEA) Airport

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  • Seattle Tacoma SEA Airport is currently not experiencing any delays more than 15 mins.
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  • SEA Airport Overview
    Seattle-Tacoma International Airport SEA--or 'Sea-Tac'-- is located between the cities of Seattle and Tacoma, in Washington State's breathtaking Puget Sound region, borders on the intersections of SR 518, 99 and 509, and is only 1.5 miles from Interstate 5. The Airport is a hub for Alaska Airlines and its subsidiary, Horizon Air. The dominant airlines at Sea-Tac are Alaska, Horizon Air, Southwest, United and Delta. The airport is served by many airlines offering direct and connecting flights to a variety of destinations throughout North America, Europe and East Asia. New check-in kiosks to print boarding passes (on the garage's 4th floor, at the entrances to Skybridges 2-6, and one in the Main Terminal, opposite American Airlines ticket counter) are available for passengers without luggage on entering the Airport from the parking garage and heading straight for security checkpoint and departure gate (presently only for Alaska, Continental, Delta, Horizon, or United). Those with luggage on Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air can get their boarding pass and then take their luggage right to their airline's bag drop area.

    Sea-Tac Airport consists of a main terminal, divided by a central terminal area with four concourses and two satellites, and can be accessed from one central parking and ticketing area. The satellites are linked to the main terminal by continuously running underground loop trains. If you know that your flight will be departing from one of Sea-Tac's satellite terminals, it's a good idea to add 10-15 minutes to your boarding schedule. The completely renovated Concourse A has an arrivals hall with a stunning 70-foot high wall of glass. The Regus Business Centers Express on Concourse C, near Gate C3 provides individual workstations and access to a variety of business services. The center also offers a variety of business and travel accessories such as chargers, batteries, headphones, handheld devices and much more. If you have no laptop, you still can access the Internet, e-mail, Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint by using the new high-speed Internet-enabled phones at the Airport at $0.35/minute, $5 minimum--cash, credit & debit cards accepted.
    Other amenities in the Main Terminal and satellites include a host of restaurants and shops, as well as: ATMs, banks, cellular service/cell Phone chargers; change machines, currency exchange, ground transportation booths, Information desks, international traveler services, chapel, internet access, interpreters, laptop lane, lost & found; luggage carts, mailbox, USO, MP3 player charges, notary, paging, pets, postage, Send it Home kiosks, shipping/mailing/packaging, smoking areas, storage.

    If you need to pick up a passenger at the Airport, use the new and extended free Cell Phone Lot (30 minutes max)--stay with your car until your party has collected luggage and calls you to be picked up at the curb outside the baggage claim. From Southbound Airport Expressway: Take the Air Cargo Rd./Cell Phone Lot exit, turn right onto 170th, turn right onto Air Cargo Road and follow that road until you see the Lot on your left. From Southbound International Blvd: Turn right onto 170th, turn right onto Air Cargo Road and follow that road until you see the Lot on your left.

    The parking garage at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is connected to the main terminal via skybridges on the 4th floor. Daily, Short-term & Long-term Parking is available on floors 3, 5-8. Hourly Parking is on the fourth floor, skybridge level. Disabled parking spaces are located in Hourly Parking on the 4th Floor, which connects to the terminal. Garage clearance height is seven feet. Parking for over-height vehicles is available at the Airport. Note that the first three hour fees for Daily or Hourly Parking are the same anywhere in the parking garage. Sea-Tac introduces electric vehicle plug-ins in the Airport Garage's fifth floor, providing for free charging.
    To pay your parking fee, you have the option of (a) using Pay-on-Foot machines for daily & hourly parking located on the 4th floor of the garage, just outside the skybridges, at any one of 29 black and yellow pay stations; or (b) you can use a credit or debit card and go ticketless. The ticket machines at the entrances and exits to the Airport Garage accept any national credit card or a debit card as your 'ticket' in and out of the garage.
    Off-Airport Parking Lots are available at various private parking facilities near Sea-Tac Airport, including Doug Fox at 2626 South 170th Street (Tel: 206-248-2956).

    Nine rental car agency desks are located in the baggage claim area of the main terminal. Five of them have car pickup/dropoff on the first floor of the garage across from the terminal. Off-Airport rental cars provide their own courtesy vans to the Airport.

    To get from the Airport to your destination you can rent a car, take a taxi or limo, a shared ride van or scheduled Airporter service. Staffed Ground Transportation Information Booths are located on the third floor of the Parking Garage and in Baggage Claim, opposite Carousel 12. Sound Transit’s Link light rail to Tukwila is open with a free shuttle running from the Tukwila Station to Sea-Tac Airport. Presently the connector buses from Tukwila will continue running until the station at Sea-Tac opens later. The connector buses meet most train arrivals during normal hours, and drop off/pick up passengers on the lower drive (arrivals level) at the public transit area on the far south end of baggage claim, outside door number 2. For ore information visit Sound Transit Web site.
    Route change for Metro Bus #174: As of 9/19/09, this route will only operate between the Federal Way/S. 320 Street Park & Ride and the Tukwila Link Light Rail Station. It will no longer stop at the Airport--see Metro’s Web site.

    To accommodate the area’s rapid growth, Sea-Tac is still in the midst of a multi-year capital improvement project scheduled for completion in 2010.


  • Main Terminal / Concourses at Seattle Tacoma SEA Airport
    Sea-Tac's Main Terminal Building is divided into the Main Terminal, Concourses A, B, C and D, the Central Terminal, and two Satellites: North Satellite and South Satellite.