Sea-Tac Airport’s new $1B international terminal was supposed to fit 20 big, widebody aircraft simultaneously. But according to the Port of Seattle, that many long-haul aircraft won’t fit side by side because of flaws in the design. via seattletimes
The exterior of the grand hall of the International Arrivals Facility at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
In a letter sent in August to Clark Construction, which built the new facility, the Port said the 20% shortfall in capacity could cause “damages to the Port’s operations in the tens or hundreds of millions of dollars over the expected life of this project.” In January, the Port countersued Clark for more than $100 million in damages, including the bill for the gate reconfiguration and other rework.
That’s not in taxpayer dollars. The project is funded by airport revenue that flows from airline ticket fees and other airline service charges, as well as retail tenants at the airport, rental car facilities, parking charges, and taxi and shuttle fees. International passengers who disembark at the South Satellite now enter the main terminal via a sky bridge that offers views of jets taxiing below, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
Clark built the much-praised new Kansas City International Airport terminal that opened in February. And it is almost finished building the striking new addition to the Convention Center in downtown Seattle. There had to be room to safely maneuver not only the aircraft but all the service equipment that surround the parked planes — fuel hydrant trucks, potable water and lavatory trucks, baggage carts and push-back tugs — as well as the passenger loading bridge that is rolled over to the jet’s door.
But this arc meant the wings swept through the space at Gate A5 and so this could only be done if no aircraft was parked at A5. Alternatively, the Port is calculating “the diminished value for losing the gate A6 widebody capacity for the 50-year life of the facility.”
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