In the late 1980s, the Port of Seattle and a council representing local county governments considered the future of air traffic in the region and predicted that airport could reach capacity by 2000.
20世纪80年代末，西雅图港和一个代表当地县政府的委员会研究了该区域的未来空中交通情况，并预测机场将于2000年达到其最大处理能力。