Could Paine Field be the next Sea-Tac? How about Arlington?

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SEATTLE — A year ago, the Regional Aviation Baseline Study predicted demand for passenger air service in the Puget Sound region would double during the next 30 years.

Then the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Demand for airline travel evaporated. Passenger counts have crept back up since the spring, but are still down by some two-thirds from a year ago.

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The Puget Sound region has 29 airports in all. Only one is an international hub, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Of 11 smaller airports, just two have scheduled passenger service: Boeing Field in Seattle and Paine Field in Everett, both of which launched commercial flights in 2019.

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1. Whatever happened to that idea to build high speed rail to Moses Lake?

There’s a sizable airport there and if there was a fast rail to Seattle that seemed like a promising idea. I used to see 747s there. I think one airline used it for training.