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The transfer of ownership of Boeing Field from King County to the Port of Seattle was proposed in 2007 as part of a land swap with land owned by the Port.<ref>[http://www.portseattle.org/news/press/2007/02_26_2007_20.shtml County, Port, BNSF Announce Signed Memoranda on Land Deal], Port of Seattle, February 26, 2007. Retrieved 2009-02-21.</ref>
The transfer of ownership of Boeing Field from King County to the Port of Seattle was proposed in 2007 as part of a land swap with land owned by the Port.<ref>[http://www.portseattle.org/news/press/2007/02_26_2007_20.shtml County, Port, BNSF Announce Signed Memoranda on Land Deal], Port of Seattle, February 26, 2007. Retrieved 2009-02-21.</ref>


The Boeing Company has facilities at the airport. Final preparations for delivery of Boeing 737 aircraft after the first test flight are made at Boeing Field.<ref>[http://www.boeing.com/commercial/facilities/rentonsite.html Boeing Commercial Airplanes 737 Manufacturing Site] The Boeing Company. Retrieved 2009-02-22.</ref> Boeing facilites at the airport have also included a paint hanger<ref>[http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2001/q1/news_release_010302f.html Earthquake Update:Frequently Asked Questions] The Boeing Company, March 2, 2001. Retrieved 2009-02-22</ref> and flight test facilities.<ref>[http://www.boeing.com/randy/archives/photos/boeing_field_1969.html Boeing Field 1969] The Boeing Company. Retrieved 2009-02-22.</ref>
The Boeing Company has facilities at the airport. Final preparations for delivery of Boeing 737 aircraft after the first test flight are made at Boeing Field.<ref>[http://www.boeing.com/commercial/facilities/rentonsite.html Boeing Commercial Airplanes 737 Manufacturing Site] The Boeing Company. Retrieved 2009-02-22.</ref> Boeing facilites at the airport have also included a paint hanger<ref>[http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2001/q1/news_release_010302f.html Earthquake Update:Frequently Asked Questions] The Boeing Company, March 2, 2001. Retrieved 2009-02-22</ref> and flight test facilities.<ref>[http://www.boeing.com/randy/archives/photos/boeing_field_1969.html Boeing Field 1969] The Boeing Company. Retrieved 2009-02-22.</ref> The initial assembly of the 737 was adjacent to [[Boeing Field]] because the factory in [[Renton Municipal Airport|Renton]] was at capacity building the 707 and 727. After 271 aircraft, production was moved to Renton in late 1970.<ref name="Wallace">Wallace, J. [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/259251_boeing13.html "Boeing delivers its 5,000th 737,"] ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'', February 13, 2006. Retrieved 2007-12-18.</ref><ref>Gates, Dominic. [http://www.forecastinternational.com/notable/seattletimes.pdf "Successor to Boeing 737 likely to be built in state."] ''Seattle Times'', December 30, 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-10.</ref>


The [[Museum of Flight]] is located on the southwestern corner of the [[airfield]], and [[aircraft]] movement can be easily observed from the [[museum]].
The [[Museum of Flight]] is located on the southwestern corner of the [[airfield]], and [[aircraft]] movement can be easily observed from the [[museum]].

Revision as of 19:36, 22 February 2009

King County International Airport

Boeing Field
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorKing County
ServesSeattle, Washington
LocationKing County
Elevation AMSL21 ft / 6 m
Coordinates47°31′48″N 122°18′07″W / 47.53000°N 122.30194°W / 47.53000; -122.30194
Websitewww.metrokc.gov/airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13R/31L 10,000 3,048 Asphalt
13L/31R 3,710 1,131 Asphalt

Boeing Field, officially King County International Airport (IATA: BFI, ICAO: KBFI), is a two-runway airport owned and run by King County, Washington, USA. In promotional literature, the airport is frequently referred to as KCIA, but this is not the airport identifier. The airport has some passenger service, but is mostly used by general aviation and cargo. It is named after the founder of the Boeing Company, William E. Boeing.

The airport's property is located mostly in Seattle just south of Georgetown, with its southern tip extending into Tukwila. It is 594 acres (2.4 km²) in area and handles more than 375,000 operations yearly.

With the exception of the World War II period, when it was taken over by the U.S. government, Boeing Field was Seattle's main passenger airport from its construction in 1928 until Seattle-Tacoma International Airport began operations in the late 1940s. The Boeing Company continues to use the field for testing and delivery of its airplanes, and it is still a major regional cargo hub.

Boeing Field currently lacks any major commercial passenger airline service. A proposal by Southwest Airlines in June 2005 was submitted to King County to relocate their operations in the Seattle area from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Boeing Field, but was rejected by King County Executive Ron Sims in October. A similar proposal by Alaska Airlines (a response to the Southwest proposal) was also rejected. Southwest Airlines' publicized rationale for the proposed move was so they could avoid the heavy fees being levied at Sea-Tac due to its expansion program.

The transfer of ownership of Boeing Field from King County to the Port of Seattle was proposed in 2007 as part of a land swap with land owned by the Port.[1]

The Boeing Company has facilities at the airport. Final preparations for delivery of Boeing 737 aircraft after the first test flight are made at Boeing Field.[2] Boeing facilites at the airport have also included a paint hanger[3] and flight test facilities.[4] The initial assembly of the 737 was adjacent to Boeing Field because the factory in Renton was at capacity building the 707 and 727. After 271 aircraft, production was moved to Renton in late 1970.[5][6]

The Museum of Flight is located on the southwestern corner of the airfield, and aircraft movement can be easily observed from the museum.

Airlines

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Kenmore Air Campbell River [seasonal], Eastsound, Friday Harbor, Port Angeles[7]
SeaPort Airlines Portland (Oregon)[8]

Cargo

See also

References

  1. ^ County, Port, BNSF Announce Signed Memoranda on Land Deal, Port of Seattle, February 26, 2007. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
  2. ^ Boeing Commercial Airplanes 737 Manufacturing Site The Boeing Company. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
  3. ^ Earthquake Update:Frequently Asked Questions The Boeing Company, March 2, 2001. Retrieved 2009-02-22
  4. ^ Boeing Field 1969 The Boeing Company. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
  5. ^ Wallace, J. "Boeing delivers its 5,000th 737," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 13, 2006. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
  6. ^ Gates, Dominic. "Successor to Boeing 737 likely to be built in state." Seattle Times, December 30, 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
  7. ^ Kenmore Air, Flying the Pacific Northwest Since 1946, Flight Finder Kenmore Air. Retrieved 2009-02-21
  8. ^ Slovan, M., Taking Off: Will a new type of commuter airline be the wave of the future? Seattle Magazine, February 2009, p. 50. Retrieved 2009-02-21.

External links

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Boeing Field as seen from the Air Traffic Control Tower
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