Paine Field
IATA: PAE – ICAO: KPAE
Summary
Airport type		Public Airport Department
Operator		Snohomish County
Location		Snohomish County, Washington
Elevation AMSL		606 ft / 184.7 m
Coordinates		47°54′22″N 122°16′53″W / 47.90611°N 122.28139°W / 47.90611; -122.28139Coordinates: 47°54′22″N 122°16′53″W / 47.90611°N 122.28139°W / 47.90611; -122.28139
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
16R/34L	9,010	2,746	Asphalt/Grooved
11/29	4,504	1,373	Asphalt
16L/34R	3,000	914	Asphalt

Paine Field, also known as Snohomish County Airport (IATA: PAE, ICAO: KPAE) is a public airport located in unincorporated Snohomish County, between Mukilteo and Everett, Washington. It is served by a Federal Aviation Administration control tower, and has precision and non-precision instrument approaches available to pilots.

Description

FAA diagram of Paine Field

Paine Field is home to the Boeing Everett plant, the world's largest building by volume, and the primary assembly location for Boeing's wide-body 747, 767, 777 and 787 aircraft.

Paine Field is also home to Aviation Technical Services (ATS), one of the nation's largest aviation maintenance facilities. ATS operate a 950,000-square-foot (88,000 m) facility; formerly operated by Goodrich, and sold to ATS in the fall of 2007. ATS does 'heavy' checks for a number of airlines and cargo companies. According to their web page, they average of 443 Aircraft Redeliveries each year.

Paine Field is home to three flight schools — Regal Air, Northway Aviation, and Everett Helicopters — making it a popular destination for flight training.

History

Paine Field was originally constructed in 1936 as a Works Progress Administration project. At the time of development, it was envisioned that the Airport would create jobs and economic growth in the region by becoming one of the ten new "super airports" around the country.

On July 25, 1966, Boeing announced that it would build the Boeing 747, a jet airliner capable of carrying nearly twice as many passengers as previous models. To build the giant jet, Boeing had to construct a facility large enough to handle the world's largest commercial jetliner. Land just north of Paine Field was chosen to construct the new facilities, including some development on the airport itself. Both the local government and the FAA concurred with the development. Work on the massive building began in August 1966 and the first employees arrived in early 1967. The 747 made its first flight at Paine Field on February 9, 1969.

In late 2005, construction of the Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour building was completed. The project, formerly known as the National Flight Interpretive Center, includes the Boeing factory tour as well as a gallery that highlights the newest developments in aviation; including both parts and components of airplanes manufactured by Airbus and Boeing. The facility was opened to private audience on December 16, 2005, the following day the facility was open to the public. The Museum of Flight also has a restoration center at the airport's main gate; located further south is the Me 262 Project. Paul Allen's Flying Heritage Collection has a large, refurbished hangar at the south end of the field, which opened as a museum June 2008. Historic Flight Foundation also houses and maintains early military aircraft.

Commercial air service

The use and expansion of the airport is currently governed by an agreement that was forged during 1978–1979 negotiations, called the Mediated Role Determination (MRD). The MRD defines the role of Paine Field to be as a general aviation and aerospace manufacturing airport, while discouraging other types of activities including supplemental/charter air passenger service.

In 2005 Snohomish County commissioned a panel to review the MRD, and in conclusion suggested the MRD "should not be ratified or revised, but should be retired as a policy document". In June 2008 the Snohomish County Council rejected the findings of the panel, and as in 1989, 1992 & 2001, restated its opposition to commercial air passenger services operating from Paine Field. The council stated:

Reaffirm our county's commitment to preserving the existing general aviation role of Paine Field, and [to] pursue any and all lawful and appropriate means to discourage any action that would facilitate, directly or indirectly, use of Paine Field for scheduled air passenger service or air cargo service, which may include an interlocal agreement.

Snohomish County has adopted the policy of not spending funds to subsidize airlines or to pay for the infrastructure needed to support commercial air service. The local governments of Snohomish County (the airport's operator), and the neighboring cities of Brier (pop. 6,410), Edmonds (pop. 40,773), Lynnwood (pop. 34,017), Mountlake Terrace (pop. 20,078), Mukilteo (pop. 20,938), and Woodway (pop. 1,144) and local citizens groups such as Save Our Communities, have all adopted resolutions against the use of Paine Field for commercial airline flights. In contrast, Everett (pop. 99,384) has adopted a resolution in favor of the use of Paine Field for commercial air service.

In 2008 two airlines, Allegiant Air and Horizon Air, expressed interest in establishing passenger flights to Paine Field to the airport authority. In May 2008, in response to these requests, the Chairman of the Snohomish County Council sent Allegiant Air a letter stating their opposition to the request to start air service.

The FAA in June 2008, in receipt of correspondence between Allegiant Air and Snohomish County and county executives, wrote the airport authority to reiterate that a recipient of federal FAA grants requires the County to not discriminate against commercial aeronautical activities offering services to the public, or risk an enforcement action under FAR 16. The FAA also stated that it would reasonably expect the airport operator to change the existing Class IV Airport operating certificate (AOC) to a Class I AOC in the event that Allegiant Air can secure facilities and/or land at the airport.

The airport is currently conducting an environmental assessment of the effects of commercial aviation at Paine Field. A draft of the study was finished in December 2009, and the public comment period ended on February 5, 2010. Opposition to Paine Field hosting commercial air service was overwhelming in meetings held for comments on the draft environmental assessment. The neighboring city of Mukilteo has hired aviation attorney Barbara Lichman of the firm Chevalier, Allen & Lichman of Costa Mesa, California. to represent the interests of the city during the environmental assessment and to stop the destruction of neighborhoods near the airport. In addition Mukilteo has promised to "make it time consuming, expensive and stretch it out. We'll fight the terminal legally." The FAA expects it will be June 2010 before they will be finished responding to the comments.

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Runway Information

Runway 11/29

Runway 16L/34R

Runway 16R/34L

Radio Navigation Aids

Remarks

• RYS 11/29 & 16L/34R CLSD BTN 2100-0700; LARGE ACFT FLY W PATTERN OVER WATER; SMALL ACFT FLY E PATTERN OVER ARPT.
• AVOID INTXN DEPS FM RYS 16L/34R & 29. AVOID INTXN DEPS FM RY 11 EXCP FM TWY DELTA 1 INTXN.
• FLOCKS OF LARGE & SMALL BIRDS INVOF ARPT.
• RY 34L DEPS DISCOURAGED IN CALM WIND CONDS.
• ITINERANT DEP OF SMALL ACFT OVER 250 HORSEPOWER ON RYS 11 AND 34R.
• TWY A-2 RESTRICTED TO 30,000 LBS.
• AREAS NOT VISIBLE FROM ATCT INCLUDE E EDGE OF S 1200 FT OF TWY A, TWY E FROM SE CORNER OF WEST HANGARS TO TWY A, MID SECTION OF OUTER TERMINAL RAMP, TWY H FROM NW EDGE OF WEST HANGARS TO TWY E, NE EDGE OF INNER TERMINAL RAMP.
• NOISE SENSITIVE ARPT; FOR NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES & TFC PROCEDURES CALL ARPT OPERATIONS 425-353-2110 EXT 2230.
• IF ACCESS TO BOEING RAMP RQR CTC BOEING FLT DISPATCH (206) 655-3421 FOR APPROVAL DURG NORMAL DUTY HRS.
• IT IS REQUESTED THAT PILOTS ADHERE TO THE FOLLOWING NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES UNLESS OTHERWISE INSTRUCTED BY ATCT, ITINERANT ARRIVAL AND LOW APCH OF SMALL ACFT OVER 250 HORSEPOWER AUTHORIZED ON RYS 29, 16L AND 34R.
• BE ALERT TO CNVG TFC ON BASE TO FINAL LEGS RYS 16R/34L 2100-0700.
• AVOID OVERFLIGHT OF BOEING RAMP - NE CORNER OF ARPT.
• TRAINING FLIGHTS DISCOURAGED AFTER 2200.
• TWY ECHO LIGHTS OTS INDEFLY.
• ESTABD PRIOR TO 15 MAY 1959.

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General Info
Country	United States
State	WASHINGTON
FAA ID	PAE
Latitude	47-54-22.830N
Longitude	122-16-53.630W
Elevation	606 feet
Near City	EVERETT

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