The Airchive - Seattle Planespotting

	Seattle/Tacoma International Airport Sea-Tac, as the locals call it, is the principal commercial airport for Seattle/Tacoma, Washington. It is actually located in a town called Seatac. Boeings operations, as many know, are concentrated around other airports in the area: Renton, Everett, and Boeing Field. Sea-Tac is the headquarters of Horizon and Alaska Airlines, who are the top carriers here with Northwest and Southwest in the next position. Sea-Tac has 4 concourses and 2 satellite terminals to accomodate this gateway to Asia and the Pacific Northwest. International service is provided by Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz, Aeromexico, Air France, Horizon, Asiana, British Airways, China Airlines, Eva Air, Korean, Lufthansa, Northwest, and SAS. Oddly, neither JAL or ANA are represented but Northwest dominates the Tokyo flights. This busy airport has been given a facelift over the last 10 years, improving markedly from its former dreary state.
	Asiana Boeing 777-200 Asiana services Seoul to/from Seattle in the absence of Korean. The beautiful new livery of this premiere Korean character is seen to great affect here.
	Continental at Concourse B CO serves Anchorage, Cleveland, Newark, and Houston from SEA.
	Delta 757 at Concourse A DL serves Atlanta, Cincinatti, New York JFK, and Salt Lake City from here. At one time, DL operated to Anchorage and Japan from Sea-Tac. Delta Connection also serves Los Angeles via RJs.
	Delta 767 Taxi's Out DL serves Atlanta, Cincinatti, New York JFK, and Salt Lake City from here. At one time, DL operated to Anchorage and Japan from Sea-Tac. Delta Connection also serves Los Angeles via RJs.
	Horizon DHC-400 Q400 Co-owned with Alaska, this excellent regional carrier is the world's largest operator of the Bombarider DHC-400. Horizon's service in many case exceeds that of Alaska. Horizon, started in 1981, is HQ'd at Sea-Tac and is the #2 carrier here.

	Midwest Boeing 717 Midwest serves Kansas City and Milwaukee from Sea-Tac. Though it's service is not as high end as it once was, Midwest is still one of the nicest carriers domestically in the U.S. to fly.
	Northwest Boeing 757-300 NWA has the most international and Hawaiian service at Sea-Tac. NWA flies to Amsterdam, Honolulu, Kahului, Mumbai, Seoul-Incheon, Tokyo-Narita, plus Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul, and Detroit domestically.
	Northwest Airbus A320 NWA was America's first operator of the A320.
	Northwest Airbus A330 No other American carrier operates as many different Airbus products as Northwest. NW has had a close association with Airbus ever since it became the first U.S. carrier to operate the A320. When it came time to replace the 747-200s and DC-10s, Airbus won over Boeing as NW opted for the A330. US Airways would follow its lead. Northwest is the only legacy U.S. airline to not operate the 767.

	Delta Boeing 757-200 The now discontinued Song livery is still seen on many Delta 757s as of 2008. These were reportedly not repainted as Delta held off until the unveiling of its new 2007 era livery.
	Southwest Boeing 737-700 Southwest found itself in a spat in 2005 with Sea-Tac authorities over landing fees and upcoming congestion, and attempted to relocate its flights to Boeing Field which is much closer to Seattle. Southwest was prepared to build its own new terminal at Boeing Field which has not seen commercial service in over 40 years. Southwest's attempts failed due to infrastructure issues and opposition from Sea-Tac and its airlines.
	US Airways Airbus A320 US Airways operates to the former America West hubs of Phoenix and Las Vegas as well as the old US Airways' hubs at Philadelphia and Charlotte.