Seattle–Tacoma International Airport facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
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Sea–Tac Airport in August 2012, looking north
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Port of Seattle | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Seattle metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | SeaTac, Washington, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 433 ft / 132 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°26′56″N 122°18′34″W / 47.44889°N 122.30944°W | ||||||||||||||||||
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Location in Washington (state)
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Location in the United States
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Location in North America
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Sources: FAA and airport website
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Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (IATA: SEA, ICAO: KSEA, FAA LID: SEA), also called Sea–Tac Airport or Sea–Tac, is the airport in SeaTac, Washington for Seattle, Washington. It is 13 miles (21 km) south of downtown Seattle. The airport is the biggest in the Pacific Northwest and has many airlines, like Alaska Airlines and Delta Air Lines. It has three runways and three terminals.
Airlines
- Aer Lingus
- Aeroméxico
- Air Canada and Air Canada Express
- Air France
- Alaska Airlines (hub)
- All Nippon Airways
- American Airlines and American Eagle
- Asiana Airlines
- British Airways
- Cathay Pacific
- Condor Flugdienst
- Delta Air Lines and Delta Connection (hub)
- Emirates
- Eurowings
- EVA Air
- Frontier Airlines
- Hainan Airlines
- Hawaiian Airlines
- Icelandair
- Japan Airlines
- JetBlue Airways
- Korean Air
- Lufthansa
- Norwegian Air Shuttle
- Singapore Airlines
- Southwest Airlines
- Spirit Airlines
- Sun Country Airlines
- Thomas Cook Airlines
- United Airlines and United Express
- Virgin Atlantic
- Volaris
- XiamenAir
Images for kids
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Sea–Tac Airport in September 2007 as runway 16R/34L was under construction (opened November 2008)
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The IAF Pedestrian Walkway at Sea-Tac.
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Central terminal with views of the runways
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SEA Airport terminal buildings with Mount Rainier in the distance
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The interior of SEA Airport's control tower, commissioned in 2004, is 850 sq ft (79 m2). At the center is a radar display; at the top right is the light gun.
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An airport-bound Link light rail train in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel
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See also
In Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Seattle-Tacoma para niños
