Heading to Sea-Tac? So is everyone else, apparently
But did you pack your patience?
Friday was expected to be the busiest travel day this holiday season at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, with 157,800 passengers passing through the airport.
Sea-Tac officials said they expected more than 2.5 million passengers to pass through the airport between Dec. 15 and Jan. 2. The other busiest travel days were Dec. 21 (with 154,900 passengers) and Dec. 15 (152,500).
Lines not to bad yet at SeaTac on one of the busiest travel days of the year @KIRO7Seattle pic.twitter.com/9vgV6TOPyb
— dthompsonKIRO7 (@photog44) December 22, 2017
The least busy days were expected to be Dec. 31 (99,700), Jan. 1 (108,700) and Dec. 24 (109,200).
Travelers are encouraged to arrive at least two hours before domestic flights and three hours before international flights during the holidays.
To make flying more fun — or more stressful, depending on how you look at it — Sea-Tac is hosting carolers and a parade at 9:30 a.m. every day through Christmas Eve with Santa, Frosty and Sugar Plum Fairies marching through C Concourse.
Earlier this week, live reindeer were brought in to greet passengers at the airport’s Link light rail station.
We we wanted to bring some holiday magic to travelers taking @SoundTransit Link light rail to and from Sea-Tac. Yesterday and today, travelers were greeted at the Sea-Tac light rail station by two reindeer. #SEAtheCheer pic.twitter.com/AHqg85sdLm
— Sea-Tac Airport (@SeaTacAirport) December 20, 2017
Security checkpoints are in pretty good shape right now at Sea-Tac Airport. Wait times are all less than 15 minutes. #KOMONews pic.twitter.com/7x5cEVwhdU
— Steve McCarron KOMO (@SteveTVNews) December 21, 2017
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This story was originally published December 22, 2017 at 8:57 AM with the headline "Heading to Sea-Tac? So is everyone else, apparently."