The Airport Communities Podcast

The Airport Communities Podcast This letter is to you and not to the politicians you report to. If there is a long-term solution to life under the flight path, it may be approved by electeds, but it will be developed and managed by you. Unfortunately, solutions to seemingly intractable problems like airport impacts aren't usually easy to find. Except when they are already there, hiding in pla...

After a series of Emergency Episodes on the SAMP DEIS, we're trying a mini-episode on one sliver of the other major study going on at the same time: Part 150. Part 150 is a voluntary noise program airports can do. But any airport that is serious about noise has done at least one since its inception in 1985. It has a ton of rules. But no matter how much airports (like the Port) try to imply th...

On May 22, 2026 the Sustainable Airport Master Plan DEIS was released and a sixty day public comment period began. In Ep #34 , we said that you don't need to reinvent the wheel. Since the current process is a do-over from 2018, you have lots of great resources. But one thing we hope you will not obsess over are all the comments on 'operations'. Many people argue over annual and dail...

In Ep #33 , we said that, after public health, the best comment you can make concerns socioeconomics. Public health considers the impacts on individuals,  but socioeconomics considers the impacts on the place you live. We take a beat to reinforce that. Researchers have known for decades that the impacts of pollution and rapid change to any community is generational. It is an awkward discussion bec...

Ep #33 Emergency! Do This... (Part 2/3 Appendix K-Socioeconomics) In Ep #32 , we said that the most basic 'do' is public health. As a society, public health is the one thing we all agree should not be traded away. Those are individual impacts. Socioeconomics, Environmental Justice, Children's Health But both NEPA and SEPA address community harms--the collective impacts, especially o...

Ep #32 Emergency! Do This... (Part 1/3 Mind The Gaps) - Sea-Tac Noise. Info On May 22, 2026 the Sustainable Airport Master Plan DEIS was released and a sixty day public comment period began. In Ep #31 , we said that the only winning move was not to play -- at least, not the game Congress has programmed all of us to play for forty years. They know you're desperate. They know you can't win...

On May 22, 2026 the Sustainable Airport Master Plan DEIS was released and a sixty day public comment period began. Our last 3 minute explainer on how you can help your community by being patient and providing high quality comments.  It is not click bait to say: It's easier than you think. It's not what you think. In Ep #30 , we said that 'NTP' means 'near-term projects&apo...

On May 22, 2026 the Sustainable Airport Master Plan DEIS was released and a sixty day public comment period began. Our fifth3 minute explainer on how you can help your community by being patient and providing high quality comments.  It is not click bait to say: It's easier than you think. It's not what you think. In Ep #29 , we said that there was plenty of time to prepare your comments....

https://stni.info/ep-29-emergency-be-prepared On May 22, 2026 the Sustainable Airport Master Plan DEIS was released and a sixty day public comment period began. Our fourth 3 minute explainer on how you can help your community by being patient and providing high quality comments.  It is not click bait to say: It's easier than you think. It's not what you think. In Ep #28 , we said to stop...

Ep #28 Emergency! SAMP/SEPA DEIS (3/3) On May 22, 2026 the Sustainable Airport Master Plan DEIS was released and a sixty day public comment period began. Our third 3 minute explainer on how you can help your community by being patient and providing high quality comments.  It is not click bait to say: It's easier than you think. It's not what you think. In our last one Ep #27 (2/3) , we s...

Ep #27 Emergency! SAMP/SEPA DEIS (2/3) - Sea-Tac Noise. Info On May 22, 2026 the Sustainable Airport Master Plan DEIS was released and a sixty day public comment period began. Our second in a series of 3 minute explainers on how you can help your community by being patient and providing high quality comments.  It is not click bait to say: It's easier than you think. It's not what you thi...

https://seatacnoise.info/ep-26-emergency-samp-sepa-deis-1-3/ On May 22, 2026 the Sustainable Airport Master Plan DEIS was released and a sixty day public comment period began. Our first in a series of 3 minute explainers on how you can help your community over the next 60 day comment period.  It's not click bait to say this: It's easier than you think. It's not what you think. Backg...

In our last episode, The 400,000lb tube going 200mph , we talked about what everyone always wants to talk about: flight paths. Because deep down, people just want the airplanes to go somewhere else. So much so, the subject always goes to extremes: Magical thinking, We're doomed, Don't like it? Move!' We outlined the differences between 'tower' and 'TRACON' and FA...

Ep #24 In our last episode, Honk If Ya Love California , we talked about the history of modern environmental law in America: the EPA, NEPA, SEPA.  We showed how many complex, interconnected pieces there are, like PSCAA. We took some time to mention how important WA electeds were in that process, and how they created carve outs for aviation. Today we're talking about what everyone always wants...