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Seattle Visitor Information
Location
Seattle lies in the Puget Sound region of western Washington State (the dark blue area on the map, left). The city is 113 miles (182 km) south of the US-Canadian border in the far northwestern corner of the continental United States. The waters that lap the feet of Seattle's city towers, however, are not strictly those of the Pacific Ocean. For in-between Seattle and the great ocean lies the Olympic Peninsula.
Maps
Green Trails Maps. PO Box 77734, Seattle, WA 98177. E-mail
Metsker Maps of Seattle. 1511 1st Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101. Phone: 206-623-8747; Toll-free: 1-800-727-4430.
Getting to Seattle
The main driving routes reaching Seattle are I-5 running north and
south, and I-90 from the east.
Air
Seattle-Tacoma
International Airport. Main Terminal Building: 17801 International
Boulevard, Seattle, WA 98158. Mailing Address: PO Box 68727, Seattle, WA
98168. Phone: 206-433-5388; Toll-free: 1-800-544-1965.
Official site of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SeaTac).
Features way-finding aids, tourist links, transportation updates and the
latest details on projects and plans. SeaTac is 12 miles (19km) south of
Seattle (travel time 20-40 minutes) and 20 miles (32km) north of Tacoma.
Airlines Proving Services include:
Air Canada Phone:
800-247-2262
Air France Phone:
800-237-2747
AirTran Airways Phone:
800-247-8726
Alaska Airlines
Phone: 800-426-0333
American Airlines Phone:
800-33-7300
Asiana
Airlines Phone: 800-227-4262
British Airways
Phone: 800-247-9297
Continental Airlines
Phone: 800-523-3273
Delta Airlines Phone:
800-221-1212
EVA Airways
Phone: 800-695-1188 or 206-242-4382
Frontier Airlines
Phone: 800-432-1359
Hainan
Airlines Phone: 888-688-8813
Hawaiian Airlines
Phone: 800-367-5320
Horizon Air Phone: 800-547-9308
Iceland Air Phone:
800-223-5500
JetBlue Airways Phone:
800-538-2583
Korean Air Phone:
800-438-5000
Lufthansa Airlines
Phone: 800-645-3880
SkyWest Airlines
Southwest Airlines Phone: 800-435-9792
Sun Country Airlines Phone:
800-359-6786
United Airlines Phone: 800-864-8331
US Airways Phone: 800-428-4322
Virgin America Phone: 877-359-8474
There are also scheduled and charter seaplane services to Victoria (Vancouver Island, Canada), the San Juan Islands and other destinations.
Ground Transportation
Getting to and from the airport takes about 20-30 minutes by car. Car hire
is also available. Other options include Gray Line Airport Express, Shuttle
Express, and the metro bus.
The Airporter Shuttle
Offers transportation to and from SeaTac airport and serves Marysville,
Stanwood, Mt. Vernon, Bellingham, Oak Harbor, Anacortes, and the San Juan
Ferry. Scheduled round-trips daily to all areas.
Shuttle Express
Door to door ground transportation operating 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
and averages only three stops per van. A van can meet you curbside at your
airline and drop you off at a private home, hotel or office.
Capital Aeroporter
Airport Shuttle
Serving the greater Tacoma, Olympia, Centralia, Shelton and Aberdeen areas
plus SeaTac hotels and the community of Federal Way.
Rail
The daily Amtrak passenger service the
Empire Builder runs between Seattle/Portland and Chicago. The passenger
service the Coast Starlight
runs between Los Angeles and Seattle. The
Cascades service runs between Vancouver, British Columbia and
Eugene-Springfield, Oregon and stops in Seattle.
Seattle/King Street Station
Information about the railway station in Seattle, which is served by Amtrak.
Includes a guide on things to do and see in the downtown area, near the
station. (Part of the Washington State Department of Transportation web
site.)
Bus
Greyhound Bus Terminal. 811 Stewart Street, Seattle. Phone: 206-628-55
55; Toll free: 1-800-231-2222.
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