KSEA Sea-Tac Arrival & Tower Journey
Located at 600ft MSL near waypoint WOODI (King/Snohomish border), this station is optimized to capture the complete "arrival journey" at KSEA Sea-Tac. This stream follows the narrative of a flight from final approach vectors through touchdown and across the tarmac to the gate. Some KBFI, KPAE traffic is also on this feed.
By listening to this feed with my Stratosphere & Enroute feed, you can listen to many of the in-flight commercial aircraft comms in over a 100 mile radius of Seattle.
Active Frequencies Covered:
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119.900 – KSEA Tower East
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120.950 – KSEA Tower West (Stabilized Squelch)
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126.600 – SEA Entry (Initial Northern Approach)
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128.500 – SEA Trans (Regional Transitions/Vectoring)
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120.100 – Seattle Approach (Arrivals West)
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119.200 – KSEA Departure (Climb-out Priority)
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125.600 – Seattle Approach (Arrivals East)
Prioritization Hierarchy:
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Tier 1 (Priority 10): KSEA Tower East. This remains the primary channel for landing clearances.
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Tier 2 (Priority 8): KSEA Tower West, SEA Entry, and SEA Trans. Optimized for the primary 16R landing runway and initial northern arrival flow.
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Tier 3 (Priority 6): Seattle Approach West. Captures the primary arrival narrative feeding the busy West Tower.
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Tier 4 (Priority 4): KSEA Departure. Initial climb-out instructions.
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Tier 5 (Priority 1): Seattle Approach East. Secondary arrival vectors, optimized to yield to all other traffic.
Technical Specs: Powered by an Airspy Mini SDR and Raspberry Pi 5 with a DPD Productions Airband antenna mounted at 50ft AGL.