Airport Seattle
Half art gallery, half airport, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is filled to the brim with magnificent contemporary artworks. It's also the Pacific Northwest's busiest airport, with over 32 million passengers a year passing through its main terminal. The 13 mile (21 km) journey heading north into Downtown Seattle can be made in 35 minutes by bus.
Make your own arrangements in advance for transport to and from the airport
Distance from city centre
21km (13 miles) south of Downtown Seattle.
Airport parking
Hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, long-term and valet parking is available in the airport's car parks. Take a ticket as you drive in, stick it into the pay station when you're ready to leave, and pay with cash or credit card. To reach the garage from the Main Terminal, use the skybridge on level 4. Reserve your parking space online.
Specific airport features
Ground transportation information booths can be found in the baggage-claim area and on the third floor of the parking garage. There are also free phones here from which to call for a STILA town car (limo). If you have trouble finding your way around the airport, look out for helpful volunteers wearing blue jackets or purple and red ensembles.
Travellers who inadvertently pack a prohibited item in their hand luggage have the option of sending it home from one of the self-service Send-It-Home kiosks, located near every security checkpoint. The item must fit in the provided plastic bags and be weighed on the kiosk's scales. Oversized items can be taken to Ken's Baggage office on the Baggage Claim level between carousels 12 &13.
Airport code
SEA
Airport telephone number
+1 (206) 433 5388
Airport website
Transfer airport
If you fly to this destination, it is possible that you will have to transfer at one or more of these airports:
Amsterdam -Schiphol
Paris -Charles de Gaulle
Minneapolis -St. Paul
Detroit -Metropolitan Wayne County
Click on the link for more information about this airport.
Terminals
These are useful guidelines only – always check in advance to find out which terminal your flight departs from. The airport has one terminal, split into a Main Terminal and a Central Terminal. Once checked-in at the Main Terminal, travellers go through security checks to enter the Central Terminal. Leading off from the Central Terminal are four concourses (A, B, C and D) and two Satellites (North and South) where you will find the departure gates.
No. of terminals
One, split into a Main Terminal and a Central Terminal
Transport between terminals
Allow five minutes to transfer between the Central Terminal and the concourses on foot. Shuttle trains run between the Central Terminal and the North and South Satellites (allow 12 minutes) also stopping at Concourse C and D.
Main Terminal
Also known as Ticketing, check-in takes place here. Baggage claim is located on the lower level.
Central Terminal
Shops, restaurants and services are located here, all post-security.
