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responsible for controlling and ensuring proper

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of IFR

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, most of

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, and parts of

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, and

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, as well as the neighboring area into the

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. The control center is located at 3101 Auburn Way S,

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, which is 11.5 miles (18.5 km) from SeaTac International, the only Class B airport served by the center.

Airports served

Class B

* SEA/KSEA Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

Class C

The following Class C airports in the Seattle ARTCC have continuously operating control towers: * Fairchild AFB *

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Class D

The following are Class D airports in the Seattle ARTCC. Those with continuously operating control towers (as opposed to control towers closed during the night) are ''italicized''. * Bellingham International Airport * '' Boeing Field'' *

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* '' Grant County International Airport'' * '' Gray AAF (Lewis-McChord AFB)'' * Klamath Falls Airport *

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* Mahlon Sweet/Eugene Airport * ''

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'' * McNary/Salem Airport * Olympia Regional Airport *

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* Portland-Troutdale Airport * Renton Municipal Airport * Roberts FIeld/Redmond Airport *

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* Paine Field/Snohomish County Airport * Southwest Oregon Regional Airport * Tacoma Narrows Airport * Tri-Cities Airport *

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Class E

The following airports in the Seattle ARTCC airspace are nontowered, Class E airports: * Arcata * Astoria Rgnl * Burns * Bowerman * Bremerton Natl * Coeur d'Alene * Deer Park * Ephrata * Fairchild Intl * McNamara * Newport * Pangborn * Pullman

Subdivisions

Control area

References

External links

Seattle Center Weather Service Unit (CWSU)
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