LIGHT RAIL

Airport Link/SeaTac

Link light rail arrived to the City of SeaTac and Sea-Tac International Airport in 2009. Trains run all day from a new SeaTac/Airport Station to downtown Seattle.

SeaTac/Airport Light Rail Station

  • Located just west of the corner of the intersection of S. 176th Street and International Boulevard (SR 99), near the northeast corner of the main airport parking garage.
  • Offers a 36-minute ride from the City of SeaTac to downtown Seattle – every time regardless of the weather or highway traffic.
  • Offers 20-hour-a-day train service, from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. on weekdays.
  • Directly connects pedestrians to SeaTac’s City Center and airport ticket counters. The walk from the station to the airport terminal building is about 1,000 feet and will take about four minutes.
  • The theme of the SeaTac/Airport Station is “flight” and its prominent design, together with a dramatic new pedestrian bridge from the light rail station over International Boulevard, will strengthen the connection between the airport and the surrounding SeaTac community. 
  • Public art is integrated into each discrete feature of the SeaTac/Airport Link light rail station, enhancing visitors’ experience from one end of the station to other. For more information, click here.
  • Offers ticket vending machines, luggage cart rental, closed circuit security cameras, high-security lighting, restrooms, public phones, security phones and weather protection in waiting areas.
  • By 2020, approximately 3,000 riders are expected to board trains at the SeaTac/Airport Station every day.

Tukwila International Boulevard Station

  • Elevated station with side platforms located at the intersection of International and Southcenter boulevards/South 154th Street.
  • A park-and-ride lot with 600 spaces is located at this station.
  • Special urban design features at the entrance plazas to the Tukwila International Boulevard Station Park-and-Ride lot. 
  • Travel time to downtown Seattle will be 31 minutes.
  • The station opened in July, 2009 with 2,600 daily boardings projected by 2020 (assuming the system runs from Northgate to South 200th Street). For more information, click here.

Project Partners

The City of SeaTac is planning for mixed-use redevelopment near both of the  the light rail stations.

Sound Transit plans, builds and operates regional transit systems and services to improve mobility for Central Puget Sound.

The Port of Seattle operates Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the Pacific Northwest's largest international airport. Nearly 42,000 local jobs depend on Sea-Tac, which generates $6.9 billion in overall business revenue and $209 million in state and local taxes.