
Below are answers to the most common questions about the SEA Visitor Pass Program.
Return to the SEA Visitor Pass Program page, or apply for a Visitor Pass right away by selecting the button.
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Below are answers to the most common questions about the SEA Visitor Pass Program.
Return to the SEA Visitor Pass Program page, or apply for a Visitor Pass right away by selecting the button.
This program allows members of the general public who are not flying that day to visit Sea-Tac International Airport (SEA) and enjoy the amenities on the post-security side of the airport.
The SEA Visitor Pass program is intended for personal use and to enable approved visitors to spend time with friends and family or shop and dine at the airport. Any commercial or business use or any other uses not specifically listed here are expressly forbidden and could result in revocation of your approval to participate.
The reasons to get a Pass, for example, include:
Step 1: Apply Online
Complete the request form online. You can apply the day of your visit or up to seven days in advance.
Step 2: Get TSA Approval
Step 3: Display your SEA Visitor Pass
If you are approved for entry, the email will contain a QR code that is required for entry. Bring this QR code in print or digital format to the airport with your TSA-approved ID.
Step 4: Go through Security at Checkpoint 3
Step 5: Have fun!
Step 6: Tell us what you think
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Program Details:
Security Details:
This is a permanent program with no expected end date. However, SEA reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel the program or modify program rules at any time without prior notice.
Any valid form of identification accepted by TSA can be used for SEA Visitor Pass, including licenses from other states and U.S. and international passports.
Starting October 1, 2020, all travelers and SEA Visitor Pass guests will need REAL ID compliant identification.
On the day of your approved visit:
Parking is not provided free of charge. However, participants may pay to park in the SEA Airport onsite parking garage that offers more than 12,000 spaces of the closest airport parking, or you may park off site at one of the many parking options available in the area.
We encourage participants to also consider other easy and convenient alternatives to driving, such as the bus or Link light rail. Learn more.
Yes, minors are eligible to participate. Every person participating in the SEA Visitor Pass program must complete a separate online registration and bring their own QR code.
Every non-traveling visitor must complete the online registration form and be approved for entrance, regardless of age. Minors without valid photo IDs must apply and be accompanied by an adult who has also been approved for SEA Visitor Pass entry.
No, SEA Visitor Pass cannot be used with either of these special access programs. It is not an expedited entry program, and all participating visitors must use the security line at Checkpoint 3.
At Sea-Tac Airport we strive to make your travel experience as easy, safe, and comfortable as possible. Whether you are visiting Seattle, passing through, or accompanying someone else in their travels, our staff and facilities are here to assist. The airport is fully equipped with special access facilities to provide all travelers — as well as meeters, greeters and airport employees — with a safe, convenient means of getting around.
Learn more about accessibility at Sea-Tac Airport.
In order to receive a gate pass from the Airport to access the Sterile Area, all Authorized Individuals and any minors, meaning an individual under 18 years of age who is entering with such individual, will be required to provide certain personal information that triggers the need for an important Privacy Act Statement. All individuals should carefully read the Privacy Act Statement below and consider the implications of providing their personal information.
AUTHORITY: 49 U.S.C. § 114(f). PRINCIPAL PURPOSE(S): This information is collected by airport operators or their representatives in order to conduct checks of TSA’s Secure Flight watch lists on individuals who wish to access the Sterile Area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) which is located beyond the screening checkpoint. TSA may receive this information from airport operators or their representatives in order to resolve suspected or actual matches to this database.
ROUTINE USE(S): TSA may share this information with aircraft and airport operators, foreign air carriers, or appropriate Federal, State, or other agency regarding individuals who pose or are suspected of posing a risk to transportation or national security, or for other routine uses identified in TSA systems of records, DHS/TSA 019 Secure Flight Records. DISCLOSURE: Voluntary; failure to furnish the requested information will result in your inability to access facilities located in the airport beyond the screening checkpoint.
Individuals are also reminded that should they have any questions or comments regarding this process or the effect of the check referenced in the Privacy Act Statement, they may contact TSA’s Contact Center at (866) 289-9673 or at TSA-ContactCenter@dhs.gov. Participants may also contact a TSA representative at the screening checkpoint.
You can meet passengers arriving from domestic destinations in the United States at their gates if you are approved for SEA Visitor Pass access.
This program does not apply to most passengers arriving directly from destinations outside the United States, because they must clear U.S. Customs at their first point of entry in the U.S. The area where international passengers go through Customs is secure and only accessible to international travelers.
Yes, SEA Visitor Pass allows exit and re-entry only on the day of your approved visit. However, you must enter security at Checkpoint 3 each time by 9 p.m. If you return on a different day, you will have to complete another request for entry through the online registration and be approved for entry.
If you cannot select an entry date on the online registration form, visitor quotas for that day have been reached. Please register for another date.
Yes, you may participate. Please submit your registration to the SEA Visitor Pass program, wait for approval for entry, provide the QR code you were emailed, and a form of TSA-approved ID at security checkpoint 3 on the day you are permitted to enter.
No, arrangements for picking up an unaccompanied minor from a flight should be coordinated directly with the airline.
Several flights at SEA park away from the gate and bring passengers to the terminal by shuttle bus. If you are meeting a passenger at Gate D20, you can meet them on the escalator landing leading down to the D Concourse terminal train station near Gate D2.
Learn more about ground boarding.
Please contact Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s Customer Care team by email at aviationcustomerservices@portseattle.org
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