Plane Crazy

New Nonstop Flights from Seattle Change the Airscape

Getting out of town just got easier.

05/22/2025 By Allison Williams

Papers Please

Real ID Is Really Happening This Time

Here's what you need at the airport.

04/22/2025 By Allison Williams

Boarding Pass

Every Nonstop Flight from Seattle's Sea-Tac Airport and More

Head straight to London, Tokyo, Costa Rica, or Wichita, Kansas—no connection required.

11/25/2024 By Allison Williams

Layovers

Where to Eat at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

Sea-Tac is tastier than you remember.

07/09/2024 By Allison Williams

Takeoff

How Credit Card Points and Airline Miles Have Taken Over Recreational Travel

Are you gaming the system or is the system gaming you?

01/24/2024 By Allison Williams

Fix You

How to Fix Sea-Tac Airport

Pickeball courts, cookies, and perks for taking transit: 10 ways we think our local travel experience could be improved.

11/20/2023 By Allison Williams

line monitor

The Secret Way to Skip Lines at Sea-Tac Airport

Two years in, the free SEA Spot Saver program has become the best way to beat epic crowds at security.

08/25/2023 By Allison Williams

Get Outta Here

Delta Is Giving Away Frequent Flyer Miles

But—and this is a big but—it all depends on the Seahawks doing well.

09/09/2022 By Allison Williams

Take Off

What's New at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

Air travel is back, somehow both more glorious and frustrating than ever.

08/22/2022 By Allison Williams

Concourse Pour

I Visited Sea-Tac’s Shot Bar Because Everything Is Weird Now

The walk-up popup is meant for the efficiency-minded imbiber.

07/02/2021 By Stefan Milne

wanderlust

Sea-Tac Gets a New International Flight

Remember travel? Once it's a thing again, Seattle can jet nonstop to Qatar.

12/10/2020 By Allison Williams

Exit Strategies

It's Easier Than Ever to Get the Heck Out of Seattle

We've got a new airport, better roads, and greener ferries on the way.

12/23/2019 By Allison Williams

One-Sentence Stories

Spokanite in Space, Plastic Bag Ban, and Paine Field

Your weekly dose of city news in short.

03/08/2019 By Anne Dennon

Newsmakers

Perfect Party March 2019

Here’s who we’d invite if we could entertain this month’s most interesting visitors, locals, and newsmakers.

02/26/2019 By Seattle Met Staff

Opening Dispatch

Cafe Flora's Airport Sibling, Floret, Brings Vegetarian Food to Sea-Tac February 6

Cinnamon rolls. Oaxaca Tacos. Stumptown espresso and plenty of pre-flight cocktails.

02/02/2018 By Allecia Vermillion

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Soma Dreams of Soba

Plus, Uwajimaya gets a new grilled cheese resident and Willows Inn shuts down staging program after DOL investigation.

06/30/2017 By Amber Wright

Secrets of Sea-Tac

The Best Nonstop Flights from Seattle

Three of Sea-Tac's newest direct flights, and three other airports you should be using.

05/24/2016 By Allison Williams

Travel Shopping

Sub Pop Opening a Store in Sea-Tac Airport

We were into Concourse C way before anyone else had heard of it.

02/26/2014 By Allison Williams

Air Travel

Sea-Tac Airport Is Infested With Bees (On Purpose)

Also at the airport: The TSA reverses decision to allow knives on airplanes again.

06/05/2013 By Allison Williams

Air Travel

Live Music at Sea-Tac Airport: Annoying or Amazing?

If we have to take off our shoes, we deserve some free tunes.

03/25/2013 By Allison Williams