thank you for great video. I live in England, age 82 , retired and have been to New York, New Orleans (twice ), Atlanta; so to keep me busy I watch videos on youtube for any planes landing or takeoff and I make notes of the airports, cheers,
Hey Paul - thank you! That was a fun day. And I agree, it’s busy for sure! I do wish SeaTac had some designated areas to watch the planes like many other large airports. Thanks for watching!
I live on Queen Anne Hill. We have planes flying over 24/7. There's a Chinese MD-11 that flies over seven days a week at 0351. The aircraft from the south turn right (east) over Queen Anne and begin their final (SSE to SSW) to SEA.
@@louiearmstrong evidently…..west of the runway to 509 belongs to the port, though there are no signs. If you try to drive up, there is a gate with no trespassing signage. I hiked in from south of the runway and there were no signs. As I was packing up to leave a guard in a truck was coming through to kick me out. I contacted media relations at the port to see if I could be there and they said it was a restricted location. Not giving up….
Hey man I really like your video, I was wondering would you be interested in doing a joint video project from ksea if you where able to find a new filming location?
Hi - thanks for watching! The flight number for the Boeing 757 is flight 787 from Salt Lake. A little confusing, I know. The flight numbers are in the top line and the aircraft type is in the second line. I would make some changes in that regard on the next one as it was confusing to several.
the only accessible location to watch planes was at the North end by the "water Tower" a police officer who approached us once because they had a report that a passenger (amazingly) reported that we were being suspicious at the spot lol, We only have binoculars and a Camera to take pictures of the Airplanes, (couldn't blame the passenger though lol), he took us to a spot by the Alaska Air Cargo facility parking lot, and it was amazing view, but however lasted for short months, though the officer did explain that "it is ok to be watching planes here" a man who works at the facility kicked us out, we told them a police officer told us that its ok and he said "it's never ok" so back to the water tower we go the video spot looks great, but had the feeling these people will kick us out, but great spot though.
I hear you - there are very few legal spots to watch the planes in Seattle. It’s very unfortunate. The water tower and a couple of “ok” places at the south end are about it. If any of my spots look interesting just let me know and I can provide you with directions. Instagram works best but here would work too.
@@enjoytheflight oh dang I live in Olympia and and I am trying to find some good spots to watch planes seems to be not very plane spotting friendly I don't want to drive there to fight traffic just to be told off I heard you can park by the water tower is that a good spot you know of?
@@Pnw_Railfan_Aviation to me, Seatac is not a plane-spotting friendly place, but there are at least a few places to go. If you wanna see them landing and up close, then the water tower is probably the best place. It’s especially good for the heavies coming in on 16L (if the planes are coming in from the North). There are some other places I’ve shot from as well. If any others from my other videos interest you, DM me on IG and I can get you directions.
Not many wide-body heavies like the Boeing 767, 777 or the 787, just Airbus A330s, although the few classic Boeing 757s that appeared would be considered narrow-body heavies.🙂
Please share this location for spotting. I was only able to find a spot near the waste water reservoir area, that wasn't good enough though. Thanks in advance!
@@Ai-Galaxy-GS if you want to see them land, the water tower is about the best place for SeaTac. There are other spots that get you arguably closer, but because the runways are elevated, you don’t get to them see them actually land. A bit of a bummer.
Hi Kris - I appreciate you watching the video and I hope you enjoyed it. I do, however, disagree with your comment. The Port of Seattle calls the airport, Seattle Tacoma International Airport on their website. When someone gets off a flight and walks through the baggage claim area, the overhead sound systems welcomes you to Seattle Tacoma International Airport and not SeaTac. More importantly, when optimizing the title of this RU-vid video, it was easy to research what search terms people look for when looking for the airport. Seattle is much higher up than SeaTac in search related terms, thus making it more likely to be viewed than if I had titled it with SeaTac. Again, thanks for watching!
I looked that up and it’s showing on 188th, just next to 34R. Is that correct? And yea, they don’t really like anyone enjoying the airport in Seattle. I was told not to go back to the spot I shot this video from.
@@sipahi61 were you on the sidewalk? Or on that part in front of the gate? I don’t know how they can kick you off the sidewalk. In fact, the media relations guy from port of Seattle, Perry Cooper, told me I could be along 188th.
@@enjoytheflight No I drove there so I was on the drive way in front of the gate, and there were no trespassing signs, however I wasn't blocking the gate by any means, I just wish they had a dedicated area for spotters, I was recently in Amsterdam and spotting is apart of their culture there it's basically a past time activity for families. I was shocked the main Airport in Amsterdam doesn't even have a fence or signs around it in some areas. Hundreds of people go spotting daily.
@@sipahi61 crazy difficult in Seattle. There are a couple of ok, legal spots, but nothing great. I’m in LA this week and LAX has many easy to get to, legal areas, including a spotting park. That’s pretty cool about Amsterdam - was that at Schiphol?