How much did Seattle–Tacoma International Airport third runway cost to build?
The third runway of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is an 8,500 foot long, 150 foot wide and 17 inch deep concrete runway that opened on 20 November 2008 after years of litigation. HistoryLink reports that its cost rose from a preliminary estimate of 217 million dollars to more than 1 billion dollars.
Reported project cost
$1 billion
Cost basis: 2008
United States Geological Survey (USGSPublic domain
Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Reported project cost2008
Project metrics
Key dimensions
- Total lengthHistoryLink.org
- 2,591 m
Project record
Opened or launched
HistoryLink.org20 November 2008