PAE

Seattle Paine Field International Airport

ICAO KPAE47.9063°N 122.2820°W607 ft / 185 mMedium airport
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Seattle Paine Field International Airport (IATA: PAE, ICAO: KPAE) is a medium airport in Everett, Washington, United States. It opened in Nov 1938. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,000 ft (2,134 m). In 2025 it handled 607 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1938–1938
NOV 1938
OpenedSeattle Paine Field International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Paine Field Passenger Terminal
16R/34L179° / 359° · LIT
LENGTH7,000 ft2,134 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
16L/34R180° / 360° · LIT
LENGTH3,004 ft916 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025
106
2K
1K
3K
772K
236K
228K
522K
604K
551K
607K
1516171819202122232425

Routes

12 destinations · 1 country
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km4,000 km1,000 mi2,000 miBFI · King County International Airport - Boeing Field · 26 mi / 42 km · 5 passengersFRD · Friday Harbor Airport · 55 mi / 88 km · 38 passengersESD · Orcas Island Airport · 63 mi / 101 km · 6 passengersSFO · San Francisco International Airport · 711 mi / 1,144 km · 39,819 passengersLAS · Harry Reid International Airport · 894 mi / 1,439 km · 61,285 passengersLAX · Los Angeles International Airport · 985 mi / 1,586 km · 22,183 passengersSNA · John Wayne Orange County International Airport · 1,010 mi / 1,625 km · 24,416 passengersPSP · Palm Springs International Airport · 1,018 mi / 1,638 km · 10,356 passengersDEN · Denver International Airport · 1,035 mi / 1,665 km · 7,325 passengersSAN · San Diego International Airport · 1,081 mi / 1,740 km · 24,637 passengersPHX · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · 1,133 mi / 1,824 km · 97,390 passengersHNL · Daniel K. Inouye International Airport · 2,694 mi / 4,335 km · 16,327 passengersPHXLASSFOSANHNLDENLAXESDPSPSNABFIPAE
Year-round12
BFIKing County International Airport - Boeing FieldUnited States · Kenmore Air42 km26 mi5 paxFRDFriday Harbor AirportUnited States · Kenmore Air88 km55 mi38 paxESDOrcas Island AirportUnited States · Kenmore Air101 km63 mi6 paxSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · Horizon Air1,144 km711 mi39,819 paxLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Horizon Air, Alaska Airlines1,439 km894 mi61,285 paxLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Horizon Air1,586 km985 mi22,183 paxSNAJohn Wayne Orange County International AirportUnited States · Horizon Air1,625 km1,010 mi24,416 paxPSPPalm Springs International AirportUnited States · Horizon Air1,638 km1,018 mi10,356 paxDENDenver International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,665 km1,035 mi7,325 paxSANSan Diego International AirportUnited States · Horizon Air1,740 km1,081 mi24,637 paxPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Horizon Air, Alaska Airlines1,824 km1,133 mi97,390 paxHNLDaniel K. Inouye International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines4,335 km2,694 mi16,327 pax
Most destinationsHorizon Air 7Kenmore Air 3Frontier Airlines 3Alaska Airlines 3

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from PAE. US DOT BTS T-100, 2025: passengers flown from PAE, all carriers, routes with 12 or more departures.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers607K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,027of 3,974 · #250 North America · #174 USLongest runway7,000 ft2,134 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,488of 29,823 · =832 North America · =631 USElevation607 ft185 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=25,168of 43,341 · =12,133 North America · =10,111 USAgeOpened 19382026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=870of 15,079 · =246 North America · =228 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

10 channels
ATISATIS128.650
CLDCLNC DEL126.750
CNTRSEATTLE CNTR128.500
CTAFCTAF132.950
GNDGND121.800
OPSAR OPS34.100
RDOSEATTLE RDO132.960
TWRACFT ARR E OF CNTRLN ORRY 16L/34R120.200
UNICUNICOM122.950
TWRACFT ARR W OF CNTRLN ORRY 16R/34L132.950