Seatle ARTCC

Delivery Day

Welcome to the Seattle ARTCC's (ZSE) Delivery Day!

Saturday, March 05, 2005

1600Z - 2200Z

The Seattle (S46) TRACON has a distinct advantage of having two major aircraft manufacturing facilities within its airspace.

King County International / Boeing Field (KBFI), which is located mere miles north of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (KSEA) is the home of the 707, 727, 737 and 757. Having the distinct honor of seeing over 35% of the world's commercial jet fleet first roll down it's 10001' runway, it currently manufactures the 737 and 757 airframes.

Traveling about 40 miles north, you stumble onto Snohomish County Airport (KPAE) or "Paine Field", an airport which has a very special building located on premises. The primary assembly building is the home of Boeing's 747, 767, 777 and 7E7 (787) production. In addition to this, the primary assembly building is the largest building in the world, in terms of volume.

With the recent release of various Boeing aircraft (727, 737, 767 to name a couple), numerous pilots for all airlines throughout the world have been spending time in the Boeing simulators and are ready to deliver their brand new aircraft to their respective maintenance facilities for repaint. Come join the ZSE staff as we host a delivery day for all the aircraft rolling out of the assembly buildings at both KBFI and KPAE!

Below you'll find airport specifics and links to additional information. If you have any questions, please post them on the "Delivery Day" thread in the Seattle ARTCC Events Forum.

Look forward to seeing a bunch of pilots taking off in their new airplanes, just don't get too distracted by that "new plane" smell.

SNOHOMISH COUNTY AIRPORT (PAINE FIELD) - KPAE

Airport Diagram: KPAE
Preferred Departure Procedure: PAINE2

Preferred First Fix on Route: ELMAA (south - KSFO), SUMMA (south-east - KLAX, KDEN), MWH (east - KORD, KJFK), TOU (north - PANC)

Note: If you are unable to accept the PAINE2 departure (which is quite an easy procedure), here are a couple hints for setting up your route:

- All departures who will be joining a jetway who are departing in any direction other than north and northwest, will be routed to the SEA VOR (116.80) before receiving a turn to join their filed jetway. This is to ensure you will climb above KSEA and KBFI arrivals. Departures to the north and northwest, expect vectors direct to join your filed airway.

- If your first fix isn't one of the transitions on the departure procedure, expect vectors until you are well clear of S46 traffic before being turned on course.

- All major airports on the west coast of the US (KPDX, KSFO, KOAK, KLAX, KSAN, etc, etc...) Are actually EAST (magnetically) of KPAE, so please be sure to file appropriate eastbound altitudes.

Frequencies

Clearance Delivery (DEL): 126.75
Ground (GND): 121.80
Tower (TWR): 120.20
Departure/Approach (APP): 119.20
Center (CTR): 126.60 / 124.20 *Note 1

*Note 1: If traffic loads dictate and Seattle Center transitions to a split center configuration, you will be handed off to Seattle Center (SEA_CTR) on 126.60. If Seattle Center is not split, expect a handoff to to SEA_CTR on 124.20.

Links
Airnav.com - http://www.airnav.com/airport/KPAE
Paine Field - http://www.painefield.com/
Boeing Facility Site - http://www.boeing.com/commercial/facilities/index.html

KING COUNTY INTERNATIONAL (BOEING FIELD) - KBFI

Airport Diagram: KBFI
Preferred Departure Procedure: KENT4 - For South Ops (RWY 13R)
Preferred Departure Procedure: NEEDLE6 - For North Ops (RWY 31L)

Preferred First Fix on Route: ELMAA (south - KSFO), SUMMA (south-east - KLAX, KDEN), MWH (east - KORD, KJFK), TOU (north - PANC)

Note: If you are unable to accept the appropriate departure (which is quite an easy procedure), here are a couple hints for setting up your route:

- All departures who will be joining a jetway who are departing in any direction, will be routed to join their filed airway outbound from the SEA VOR (116.80).

- If your first fix isn't one of the transitions on either of the departure procedures, expect vectors until you are well clear of S46 traffic before being turned on course.

- All major airports on the west coast of the US (KPDX, KSFO, KOAK, KLAX, KSAN, etc, etc...) Are actually EAST (magnetically) of KPAE, so please be sure to file appropriate eastbound altitudes.

Frequencies

Clearance Delivery (DEL): 132.40
Ground (GND): 121.90
Tower (TWR): 118.30
Departure/Approach (APP): 119.20 / 125.90 *Note 1
Center (CTR): 126.60 / 124.20 *Note 2

*Note 1: If traffic loads dictate and Seattle Approach transitions to a split approach configuration, you can expect a handoff to:
SEA_S_APP: 119.20 - For South Operations (RWY 13R)
SEA_N_APP: 125.90 - For North Operations (RWY 31L)
You're actual departure handoff frequency will be issued as part of your clearance and passed to you via TWR.

If Seattle Approach is not split, expect a handoff to SEA_APP on 119.20.

*Note 2: If traffic loads dictate and Seattle Center transitions to a split center configuration, you will be handed off to Seattle Center (SEA_CTR) on 126.60. If Seattle Center is not split, expect a handoff to to SEA_CTR on 124.20.

Links
Airnav.com - http://www.airnav.com/airport/KBFI
Boeing Field - http://www.metrokc.gov/airport/
Boeing Facility Site - http://www.boeing.com/commercial/facilities/rentonsite.html

GENERAL INFORMATION

- Clearances will be normally be issued on a first-come, first-serve basis. If traffic loads warrant, you will be issued a number for your clearance to indicate where in line you are. Be ready to immediately copy your clearance when it is available.

- If you have any questions, ask on the "Delivery Day" thread of the Seattle ARTCC forum. Our staff members will quickly answer any questions you might have. If you find yourself needing an answer to a question while connected, please contact the controller via private message (using the .msg command), don't tie up the voice/text frequency if it's busy.

- Check back to this page before flying. Any changes will be updated here.

- Enjoy!