We join the Puget Sound aviation community in mourning the loss of a leader and mentor. Peter Anderson, former president of Galvin Flying Services and interim vice chair of the King County Airport Roundtable, passed away on January 27. Peter was a true champion of education and ensuring access to aviation careers for students in…
King County International Airport-Boeing Field will have new leadership in the New Year. John Parrott, who has four decades of experience in the aviation industry, has been selected as the airport’s next director as part of a highly competitive, nationwide recruiting effort. Parrott will begin his duties on January 14, 2019. “I’m excited to join…
We want to remind all of our neighbors that The Boeing Company will continue to test its developmental KC-46A Pegasus refueling aircraft at King County International Airport/Boeing Field through the end of this year. The KC-46A Pegasus is a wide-body, multi-role tanker that can refuel – in midair – any U.S., allied or coalition military…
As we previously announced, the scheduled intermittent, overnight closures of the Airport’s Main Runway resume tonight, beginning at 9:45 p.m. The closures are necessary while crews perform preventative maintenance and construction. From August to October, Main Runway 14R/32L at King County International Airport/Boeing Field will be closed overnight from Thursday night through Sunday night, into…
Seafair Weekend arrives Aug. 3-5, and with it will come the annual sun-soaked showcase of hydroplanes, pirates and aerial displays headlined by the United States Navy’s Flight Demonstration Team, the Blue Angels. For us here at King County International Airport/Boeing Field, Seattle’s annual summer festival means helping the globally renowned Boeing Seafair Air Show at…
As the main ramp of the C-17 Globemaster touched the tarmac at Boeing Field, crews of three and four medical personnel rushed gurneys onto the airfield. One by one, the victims were taken out of the aircraft and transported inside the Airport’s Arrivals building, where crews checked their vitals and eventually whisked away the injured…
King County International Airport/Boeing Field will host an exercise on Thursday in which the airport will serve as the main transport center for people “injured” in a fictional natural disaster. The exercise is needed to maintain the airport’s status as part of the federal government’s National Disaster Medical System. Drill participants will be flown to…
Heads up: the Airport has scheduled intermittent, overnight closures of its Main Runway for two nights this month, and more closures are planned from August to October. The closures are necessary while crews perform preventative maintenance and construction. The work begins this month, when Main Runway 14R/32L at King County International Airport/Boeing Field will be…
If you’re headed to the Airport from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m., Saturday, June 9, you won’t be able to access it via East Marginal Way S. That’s because the street will be closed during the five-hour span for the Rock’ N’ Roll 5k, which starts and finishes at the Museum of Flight. The road will be…
Attention pilots: New Visual Flight Rules (VFR) procedures are now in place for westbound arrivals and departures during south flow operations. These new procedures are the result of years of work between the Airport, the local air traffic control tower, Seattle Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) and local pilots. The new arrival and departure procedures…
Did you know that there is temporary pilot parking for light general aviation available at King County International Airport/Boeing Field? The parking – which in aviation lingo is called “transient parking” and describes spots for non-resident pilots who are visiting the area – is located on the Airport’s transient tie-downs along the airfield fencelinenear the Museum of Flight’s reserved tie-downs in…
Even to our neighbors, it might seem as if the Airport is a world away. That’s why our second DiscoverU event – which allowed students to discover and explore college and career opportunities – was such a special experience. This week, we got to host about 30 high school sophomores from Foster High School in…
The future of aviation is exciting, especially when you get to see it up close. The Airport got the chance to do so during our Career and Internship Fair last month, when nearly 300 professionals, college and high school students packed our Arrivals building to discover opportunities in the industry. Representatives from King County International…
Testing for The Boeing Company’s developmental KC-46A Pegasus refueling aircraft continues at King County International Airport/Boeing Field. The KC-46A Pegasus is a wide-body, multi-role tanker that can refuel – in midair – any U.S., allied or coalition military aircraft that are compatible with international aerial refueling procedures. As part of the refueling exercises, a Navy…
The Boeing Company’s 737 MAX program reached a milestone today, and the airport was once again part of it. Today marked the first flight of the 737 MAX 7 – the newest and smallest member of the company’s 737 MAX family of airplanes with a range of 3,850 nautical miles, the longest of any of…
