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Seattle-Tacoma Intl. · local time

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Live · updated 3:27 PM local time

Departures

Normal operations

Takeoffs are delayed by 17m on average.

Arrivals

Normal operations

Flights are landing 26m late on average.

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Runways in use

Landing34L 34R
Taking off34C 34R
Visual conditions: Good visibility, so planes can land closer together and the airport can take more flights an hour.

Stats at SEA

Departures
339Takeoffs · 44% on time
3Cancellations
26 minAverage taxi to takeoff
Arrivals
311Landings · 58% on time
4Cancellations
0Diversions
12 minAverage taxi to gate
Departures
24Takeoffs · 58% on time
1Cancellation
21 minAverage taxi to takeoff
Arrivals
39Landings · 28% on time
1Cancellation
0Diversions
10 minAverage taxi to gate

Average delay, hour by hour

Takeoffs
  1. 3 AM: 14m late on average
  2. 4 AM: 3h 15m late on average
  3. 5 AM: 1h 1m late on average
  4. 6 AM: 25m late on average
  5. 7 AM: 7m late on average
  6. 8 AM: 6m late on average
  7. 9 AM: 32m late on average
  8. 10 AM: 25m late on average
  9. 11 AM: 23m late on average
  10. 12 PM: 23m late on average
  11. 1 PM: 20m late on average
  12. 2 PM: 16m late on average
  13. This hour: 15m late on average
Landings
  1. 3 AM: no flights
  2. 4 AM: on time
  3. 5 AM: 7m late on average
  4. 6 AM: 3m late on average
  5. 7 AM: 11m late on average
  6. 8 AM: 54m late on average
  7. 9 AM: 9m late on average
  8. 10 AM: 21m late on average
  9. 11 AM: 17m late on average
  10. 12 PM: 16m late on average
  11. 1 PM: 13m late on average
  12. 2 PM: 26m late on average
  13. This hour: 24m late on average

Under 15 min 15–30 30–60 60+

Weather at SEA

Weather

55°F13°C

Partly cloudy skies.

Skies are mostly clear with a few scattered clouds. A gentle breeze from the north at 5 mph.

Next few hours: Conditions are quiet for now.

Wind 5 mph Visibility 10 mi VFR

Security wait times at SEA

Between 5 AM and 10 PM, the security wait at SEA can reach 29 minutes at its busiest, on Sundays around 9 PM, and stays within 8 minutes at the quietest hour.

TSA wait this hour
Up to 18 min Friday, 3:27 PM local time
Live wait right now
5–20 min Across 4 checkpoints · TSA PreCheck 3 min
Best times to go through security at SEALive waits at each checkpoint, waits by day and hour, and how early to get to SEA

Customs wait times at SEA

For international arrivals at SEA, customs lines for visitors are usually longest around 7 PM, and shortest around 6 AM.

US citizens, typical right now 16 min Friday, 3:27 PM local time
Visitors, typical right now 69 min Friday, 3:27 PM local time

Typical wait by day and hour

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SunSunday, 4 AM: about 8 minSunday, 5 AM: about 7 minSunday, 6 AM: no dataSunday, 7 AM: about 17 minSunday, 8 AM: about 31 minSunday, 9 AM: about 18 minSunday, 10 AM: about 20 minSunday, 11 AM: about 16 minSunday, 12 PM: about 18 minSunday, 1 PM: about 27 minSunday, 2 PM: about 24 minSunday, 3 PM: about 21 minSunday, 4 PM: about 17 minSunday, 5 PM: about 20 minSunday, 6 PM: about 17 minSunday, 7 PM: about 40 minSunday, 8 PM: about 26 minSunday, 9 PM: about 14 minSunday, 10 PM: no dataSunday, 11 PM: no data
MonMonday, 4 AM: no dataMonday, 5 AM: about 6 minMonday, 6 AM: about 5 minMonday, 7 AM: about 9 minMonday, 8 AM: about 9 minMonday, 9 AM: about 13 minMonday, 10 AM: about 32 minMonday, 11 AM: about 24 minMonday, 12 PM: about 18 minMonday, 1 PM: about 22 minMonday, 2 PM: about 17 minMonday, 3 PM: about 38 minMonday, 4 PM: about 41 minMonday, 5 PM: about 26 minMonday, 6 PM: about 21 minMonday, 7 PM: about 28 minMonday, 8 PM: about 16 minMonday, 9 PM: about 6 minMonday, 10 PM: no dataMonday, 11 PM: no data
TueTuesday, 4 AM: about 5 minTuesday, 5 AM: about 10 minTuesday, 6 AM: about 6 minTuesday, 7 AM: about 0 minTuesday, 8 AM: about 45 minTuesday, 9 AM: about 48 minTuesday, 10 AM: about 52 minTuesday, 11 AM: about 38 minTuesday, 12 PM: about 29 minTuesday, 1 PM: about 22 minTuesday, 2 PM: about 28 minTuesday, 3 PM: about 30 minTuesday, 4 PM: about 24 minTuesday, 5 PM: about 22 minTuesday, 6 PM: about 26 minTuesday, 7 PM: about 28 minTuesday, 8 PM: about 20 minTuesday, 9 PM: about 19 minTuesday, 10 PM: no dataTuesday, 11 PM: no data
WedWednesday, 4 AM: no dataWednesday, 5 AM: about 9 minWednesday, 6 AM: about 0 minWednesday, 7 AM: about 0 minWednesday, 8 AM: about 14 minWednesday, 9 AM: about 34 minWednesday, 10 AM: about 34 minWednesday, 11 AM: about 23 minWednesday, 12 PM: about 24 minWednesday, 1 PM: about 27 minWednesday, 2 PM: about 18 minWednesday, 3 PM: about 35 minWednesday, 4 PM: about 23 minWednesday, 5 PM: about 25 minWednesday, 6 PM: about 16 minWednesday, 7 PM: about 28 minWednesday, 8 PM: about 33 minWednesday, 9 PM: no dataWednesday, 10 PM: no dataWednesday, 11 PM: no data
ThuThursday, 4 AM: no dataThursday, 5 AM: about 19 minThursday, 6 AM: no dataThursday, 7 AM: about 16 minThursday, 8 AM: about 26 minThursday, 9 AM: about 35 minThursday, 10 AM: about 56 minThursday, 11 AM: about 48 minThursday, 12 PM: about 46 minThursday, 1 PM: about 40 minThursday, 2 PM: about 36 minThursday, 3 PM: about 58 minThursday, 4 PM: about 36 minThursday, 5 PM: about 30 minThursday, 6 PM: about 39 minThursday, 7 PM: about 55 minThursday, 8 PM: about 43 minThursday, 9 PM: about 23 minThursday, 10 PM: no dataThursday, 11 PM: no data
FriFriday, 4 AM: about 21 minFriday, 5 AM: about 19 minFriday, 6 AM: about 0 minFriday, 7 AM: about 24 minFriday, 8 AM: about 34 minFriday, 9 AM: about 19 minFriday, 10 AM: about 29 minFriday, 11 AM: about 36 minFriday, 12 PM: about 41 minFriday, 1 PM: about 42 minFriday, 2 PM: about 40 minFriday, 3 PM: about 69 minFriday, 4 PM: about 56 minFriday, 5 PM: about 57 minFriday, 6 PM: about 49 minFriday, 7 PM: about 57 minFriday, 8 PM: about 49 minFriday, 9 PM: about 17 minFriday, 10 PM: no dataFriday, 11 PM: no data
SatSaturday, 4 AM: no dataSaturday, 5 AM: about 15 minSaturday, 6 AM: about 0 minSaturday, 7 AM: about 32 minSaturday, 8 AM: about 47 minSaturday, 9 AM: about 55 minSaturday, 10 AM: about 43 minSaturday, 11 AM: about 43 minSaturday, 12 PM: about 39 minSaturday, 1 PM: about 38 minSaturday, 2 PM: about 32 minSaturday, 3 PM: about 14 minSaturday, 4 PM: about 36 minSaturday, 5 PM: about 52 minSaturday, 6 PM: about 39 minSaturday, 7 PM: about 50 minSaturday, 8 PM: about 28 minSaturday, 9 PM: about 17 minSaturday, 10 PM: no dataSaturday, 11 PM: no data

Under 15 min 15–30 30–45 45+ No data

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SunSunday, 4 AM: about 1 minSunday, 5 AM: about 1 minSunday, 6 AM: no dataSunday, 7 AM: about 8 minSunday, 8 AM: about 8 minSunday, 9 AM: about 4 minSunday, 10 AM: about 13 minSunday, 11 AM: about 10 minSunday, 12 PM: about 10 minSunday, 1 PM: about 10 minSunday, 2 PM: about 6 minSunday, 3 PM: about 15 minSunday, 4 PM: about 8 minSunday, 5 PM: about 15 minSunday, 6 PM: about 8 minSunday, 7 PM: about 17 minSunday, 8 PM: about 8 minSunday, 9 PM: about 18 minSunday, 10 PM: no dataSunday, 11 PM: no data
MonMonday, 4 AM: no dataMonday, 5 AM: about 1 minMonday, 6 AM: about 2 minMonday, 7 AM: about 0 minMonday, 8 AM: about 2 minMonday, 9 AM: about 6 minMonday, 10 AM: about 16 minMonday, 11 AM: about 13 minMonday, 12 PM: about 11 minMonday, 1 PM: about 15 minMonday, 2 PM: about 12 minMonday, 3 PM: about 11 minMonday, 4 PM: about 11 minMonday, 5 PM: about 11 minMonday, 6 PM: about 13 minMonday, 7 PM: about 16 minMonday, 8 PM: about 8 minMonday, 9 PM: about 4 minMonday, 10 PM: no dataMonday, 11 PM: no data
TueTuesday, 4 AM: about 3 minTuesday, 5 AM: about 2 minTuesday, 6 AM: about 16 minTuesday, 7 AM: about 0 minTuesday, 8 AM: about 17 minTuesday, 9 AM: about 15 minTuesday, 10 AM: about 14 minTuesday, 11 AM: about 14 minTuesday, 12 PM: about 17 minTuesday, 1 PM: about 15 minTuesday, 2 PM: about 15 minTuesday, 3 PM: about 19 minTuesday, 4 PM: about 16 minTuesday, 5 PM: about 19 minTuesday, 6 PM: about 17 minTuesday, 7 PM: about 18 minTuesday, 8 PM: about 16 minTuesday, 9 PM: about 15 minTuesday, 10 PM: no dataTuesday, 11 PM: no data
WedWednesday, 4 AM: no dataWednesday, 5 AM: about 1 minWednesday, 6 AM: about 0 minWednesday, 7 AM: about 0 minWednesday, 8 AM: about 1 minWednesday, 9 AM: about 10 minWednesday, 10 AM: about 15 minWednesday, 11 AM: about 9 minWednesday, 12 PM: about 17 minWednesday, 1 PM: about 16 minWednesday, 2 PM: about 13 minWednesday, 3 PM: about 17 minWednesday, 4 PM: about 15 minWednesday, 5 PM: about 19 minWednesday, 6 PM: about 16 minWednesday, 7 PM: about 17 minWednesday, 8 PM: about 18 minWednesday, 9 PM: no dataWednesday, 10 PM: no dataWednesday, 11 PM: no data
ThuThursday, 4 AM: no dataThursday, 5 AM: about 1 minThursday, 6 AM: no dataThursday, 7 AM: about 9 minThursday, 8 AM: about 16 minThursday, 9 AM: about 16 minThursday, 10 AM: about 14 minThursday, 11 AM: about 9 minThursday, 12 PM: about 12 minThursday, 1 PM: about 14 minThursday, 2 PM: about 10 minThursday, 3 PM: about 12 minThursday, 4 PM: about 8 minThursday, 5 PM: about 10 minThursday, 6 PM: about 15 minThursday, 7 PM: about 15 minThursday, 8 PM: about 10 minThursday, 9 PM: about 13 minThursday, 10 PM: no dataThursday, 11 PM: no data
FriFriday, 4 AM: about 2 minFriday, 5 AM: about 1 minFriday, 6 AM: about 0 minFriday, 7 AM: about 11 minFriday, 8 AM: about 8 minFriday, 9 AM: about 6 minFriday, 10 AM: about 10 minFriday, 11 AM: about 9 minFriday, 12 PM: about 18 minFriday, 1 PM: about 13 minFriday, 2 PM: about 8 minFriday, 3 PM: about 16 minFriday, 4 PM: about 11 minFriday, 5 PM: about 16 minFriday, 6 PM: about 13 minFriday, 7 PM: about 14 minFriday, 8 PM: about 10 minFriday, 9 PM: about 10 minFriday, 10 PM: no dataFriday, 11 PM: no data
SatSaturday, 4 AM: no dataSaturday, 5 AM: about 2 minSaturday, 6 AM: about 6 minSaturday, 7 AM: about 15 minSaturday, 8 AM: about 20 minSaturday, 9 AM: about 8 minSaturday, 10 AM: about 13 minSaturday, 11 AM: about 8 minSaturday, 12 PM: about 12 minSaturday, 1 PM: about 13 minSaturday, 2 PM: about 17 minSaturday, 3 PM: about 5 minSaturday, 4 PM: about 15 minSaturday, 5 PM: about 16 minSaturday, 6 PM: about 17 minSaturday, 7 PM: about 24 minSaturday, 8 PM: about 12 minSaturday, 9 PM: about 13 minSaturday, 10 PM: no dataSaturday, 11 PM: no data

Under 15 min 15–30 30–45 45+ No data

Based on official CBP wait time averages, in local time.

About Seattle-Tacoma Intl.

IATA code
SEA
ICAO code
KSEA
Location
Seattle, WA · United States
Elevation
429 ft (131 m)
Time zone
America/Los Angeles (PDT)
Coordinates
47.4438, -122.3017

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SEA questions, answered.

Are flights delayed at SEA right now?

As of 3:27 PM local time, departures are operating normally: takeoffs are delayed by 17m on average. Arrivals are operating normally: flights are landing 26m late on average.

How long is the security line at SEA?

Between 5 AM and 10 PM, the security wait at SEA can reach 29 minutes at its busiest, on Sundays around 9 PM, and stays within 8 minutes at the quietest hour. See the best times to go through security at SEA.

How long does customs take at SEA?

At SEA, typical customs waits for visitors range from about 0 to 69 minutes, longest around 7 PM. For US citizens, they range from about 0 to 24 minutes, longest around 7 PM. Based on official CBP averages.

How long does it take to get from the gate to the runway at SEA?

Today, departing flights at SEA have taken an average of 26 minutes from leaving the gate to takeoff, and arriving flights 12 minutes from landing to the gate.

What is the airport code for Seattle-Tacoma Intl.?

Seattle-Tacoma Intl. uses the IATA code SEA, the one on tickets and bag tags, and the ICAO code KSEA, which pilots and air traffic control use.

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