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KCIA’s Airport Rules and Regulations Web and Minimum Standards Update
The official public comment will run from October 9 to January 31, 2025. Public comments received after 5 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) on January 31, 2025, will be reviewed. However, they may not be added to the public comment record.
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Seattle Area Electric Aviation Startup Nasa Unveil Plane to become hybrid
Everett-based magniX is planning to retrofit a decades-old turboprop-powered plane with two electric motors as it chases regional flight goals.
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Is Everett’s Paine Field the Solution to Sea-Tac’s Congestion?
Paine Field’s commercial service got off to a promising start in 2019, when passenger volume hit one million passengers. But then COVID-19 hit, and the airport has struggled since.
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Green aviation solutions have yet to take off as climate restrictions loom
At the Farnborough Air Show, executives at Airbus and Boeing insisted that production of sustainable aviation fuel should soon take off — if governments can provide revenue guarantees.
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Blackberries and trash are gone, now this urban heat island has a cool new resource
The county began planning for extreme heat after the devastating 2021 heat wave in the Northwest.
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FAA fight may net Sea-Tac new Delta flight to Congress’ favorite airport
Seattle passengers may reap the benefits of a months-long Congressional fight over adding more flights to Reagan airport outside Washington, D.C.
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Navy jet noise a ‘substantial risk’ for Whidbey Island residents, study finds
Loud rumblings from the Navy air station on Whidbey Island could mean long-term health consequences for island residents, a new UW study has found.
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Navy must turn down the volume on Whidbey operations
New research points to serious adverse health outcomes from military noise that include elevated risk of annoyance, sleep disturbance and hearing impairment.
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Nighttime gunshots may have broad impact on health and sleep of millions, study finds
The study says that gunshots were far more prevalent at night and there may be an estimated 12.5 million individual instances of a person hearing a gunshot in just the six cities annually.
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The effort to save SeaTac’s biggest forest amid airport expansion
Community pressure and federal legislation could help protect a hard-won South King County park from long-term development.