The Port, which operates the airport, says the facility can currently take only 16 large aircraft at a time. The gleaming new International Arrivals Facility at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, which opened last year at a cost of about $1 billion, was supposed to fit 20 big, widebody aircraft simultaneously.īut according to the Port of Seattle, that many long-haul aircraft won’t fit side by side because of flaws in the design. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP, File) The Port and Clark Construction declined to comment on the pending litigation. The Port of Seattle, which operates the airport, and Clark Construction, which built the new facility, have both filed lawsuits over the capacity issue. But The Seattle Times reports it can only accommodate 16 planes simultaneously because of design flaws. The new, billion-dollar international terminal at Seattle's airport opened last year and was supposed to fit 20 large planes side by side. FILE - The view is from the interior of the 780-foot-long, 85-foot-high aerial passenger walkway, part of the new International Arrivals Facility at Sea-Tac International Airport, on March 3, 2022, in Seattle.
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