King County Metro and Sound Transit offers bus service to many other Puget Sound destinations. You won’t need to show your ticket to get on the light rail, but fare checkers often board trains to check tickets. Transit time on the Link Light Rail from the airport to downtown Seattle is about 35 minutes.īuy tickets ($3) at the machine in the station or download and use the Transit GO Ticket mobile app to purchase a ticket on your phone. The Points Guy will not share or sell your email. I would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletters and special email promotions. In 2018, Seattle ranked in the Top 10 for worst-traffic cities in North America, so if you’re headed to or from downtown Seattle during many parts of the day, the Link Light Rail will be your fastest and least-expensive option. Sign up for the free daily TPG newsletter for more travel tips! If you bike there, there are spots to lock up as well. To get to the airport, you can use light rail, bus, car, ride-hailing and ride-sharing services, taxi, shuttle van, limo and town car. Alaska Airlines and Delta Air Lines are the top carriers for both domestic and international passengers. As of early 2020, 32 airlines operate at SEA, serving 91 nonstop domestic destinations and 29 international destinations, including seasonal operations.

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) serves about 50 million passengers a year. The airport, known as Sea-Tac, is located about 15 miles south of Seattle and 20 miles north of Tacoma. If you're flying out of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, there are plenty of ways to avoid traffic getting to the airport and make that flight from the eighth-busiest airport in the U.S.

Seatac light rail station