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Seattle’s 2025 Cruise Season Kicks Off with All Cruise Berths Shore Power–Enabled

The 2025 cruise season kicks off on Saturday, April 12, at the Port of Seattle’s Bell Street Pier Cruise Terminal at Pier 66. The arrival of…

Port of Seattle Commission Approves $1.9 Million for Economic Development Partnerships with King County Cities

The Port of Seattle Commission today approved $1.9 million to support economic development partnerships with cities in King County for the next…

Rental Car Revenue Report 2024

Rental car companies are required to pay the greater of 10% of gross sales or a guaranteed minimum to the Port of Seattle. The Rental Car Revenue…

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Spotlight on Local Plant and Animal Life at Port Facilities

By Jack Winterhalter, Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellow

As stewards of the natural environment, the habitat and natural resource teams…

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Port of Seattle Files Land Use Appeal Over Housing Legislation on Maritime and Industrial Lands

The Port of Seattle (Port) today filed a Land Use Appeal (PDF) in King County Superior Court to overturn the Seattle City Council’s decision to…

SEA Airport air cargo trends: In 2025 total air cargo was down 6.9% from 2024. Domestic air cargo was down 12.6% from 2024. International air cargo was up 10% from 2024. From 2023 to 2024 all three - domestic, international, and total air cargo - had increased between 2.5% and 13%. Overall freighter cargo was down approx. 14% in 2025 but belly cargo increased more than 10%. The number of freighter cargo operations decreased approx. 9.5% in 2025 but cargo operations on all other aircraft increased approx. 0.
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SEA Airport maintains robust nonstop destinations, with more on the way. In 2025 SEA added five new international services, including two new airlines, SAS (Copenhagen) and Edelweiss (Zurich), and Alaska Airlines' first intercontinental flights, to Seoul and Tokyo. SEA exceeded its number of pre-pandemic international services even before China service returns in 2026. In 2025 SEA had 58 international services to 36 nonstop destinations with 30 airlines.
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This bar chart shows SEA Airport reaching record numbers of annual passengers. In 2019 SEA set a record for total passengers through the airport at 51,829,239. That record was broken in 2025 when 52,715,181 passengers traveled through the airport -- approximately 2% higher than the 2019 record.
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This graphic shows the percentage change in SEA Airport traffic in 2025 vs. 2024. In 2025 the total passengers was approx. 52.7 million, compared with 52.6 million in 2024, an increase of approx. .08%. The number of international passengers was approx. 7.1 million, compared with 6.6 million in 2024, an increase of approx. 7.8%. The number of domestic passengers was approx. 45.6 million, compared with 46.1 million in 2024, a decrease of approx. 1.02%.
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Port of Seattle Providing Notice to Individuals Affected by Fall 2024 Cyberattack

The Port of Seattle (the “Port”) announced today notification letters are being mailed to individuals whose data was impacted in the August 2024…

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