Sea-Tac Airport travel tips for Thanksgiving weekend

SeaTac, Wash. — Sea-Tac Airport is offering travel tips ahead of one of the busiest travel weeks of the year – Thanksgiving – when more than 900,000 people will travel through the airport from Tuesday, Nov. 20 through Monday, Nov. 26.

“More than half of the travelers (54 percent) on a typical day at Sea-Tac Airport only fly one or two times during the year, which means many of our visitors haven't experienced some of our most significant changes,” the airport said in a news release.

To help improve the travel experience for those navigating through Sea-Tac, the airport is offering the following tips:

-    Use the Sea-Tac Airport App to follow security wait times, gate information and more. 
-    Use the new SEA Visitor Pass program to meet up with friends and family inside the terminal.
-    Text "Update" to 206-347-8045 to receive text alerts. 
-    Arrive at least two hours early for a domestic flight, and three hours early for an international flight. 
-    Check in and print boarding passes prior to arriving 
-    Use alternate modes of transportation -- such as light rail, public transit, ride-sharing, etc. to get to the airport

Click here for more helpful tips on how to navigate through Sea-Tac Airport.

While Thanksgiving weekend is expected to draw a large number of travelers, according to airport officials, “This isn't the busiest time of the year for Sea-Tac, which is during the summer months between June and August.”

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