Where's the next Sea-Tac? Aviation here is expected to soar
SEATTLE — Demand for passenger air service and air cargo capacity in the Puget Sound region is expected to soar over the next three decades, an ongoing aviation study says.
Passenger enplanements — the number of people departing on a scheduled flight — is expected to more than double, from 24 million in 2018 to more than 50 million in 2050.
The Regional Aviation Baseline Study, expected to be completed in fall 2020, will be used to inform aviation planning. Its authors are anticipating future needs for airline service, air cargo and general aviation at airports in Snohomish, King, Pierce and Kitsap counties through 2050, said Josh Brown, executive director of the Puget Sound Regional Council, the four-county planning agency that is developing the study.
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The metropolitan area’s population, which was 4.1 million in 2018, is expected to rise to 5.8 million.
The Puget Sound region has 29 airports in all. One of them, of course, is an international hub, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Of eleven smaller airports, two have scheduled passenger service: Paine Field in Everett, which launched commercial flights March 4, and, starting this week, Boeing Field in Seattle.
On Monday, JetSuiteX began passenger service to California’s Bay Area from King County International Airport, as Boeing Field is formally known. The carrier operates three daily flights between Seattle and Oakland International Airport, using Embraer 135 jets that seat 30.
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