Originally published Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 4:25 PM
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The new third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is officially open. The first plane to take off was an Alaska Airlines flight and the first to land was a United jet.
Associated Press Writer
The new third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is officially open. The first plane to take off was an Alaska Airlines flight and the first to land was a United jet.
The Port of Seattle opened the runway Thursday after spending more than $1 billion, nearly five times the original estimate.
The new runway was constructed to reduce bad-weather flight delays.
New runways also opened at Chicago's O'Hare and Washington-Dulles airports Thursday. Sea-Tac Airport spokesman Perry Cooper says the incoming United flight had started its day at Dulles and landed in Chicago before arriving in Seattle.
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