Watch: A fly-through of Sea-Tac's planned international arrivals terminal

This rendering shows another exterior view of the planned new international arrivals terminal at Sea-Tac Airport. The new terminal will have room for more wide-body aircraft to handle increasing international traffic coming to the region. The port plans to break ground on the new terminal in the first quarter of 2017, with a planned opening for late 2019. less This rendering shows another exterior view of the planned new international arrivals terminal at Sea-Tac Airport. The new terminal will have room for more wide-body aircraft to handle increasing international ... more Photo: Courtesy Port Of Seattle Photo: Courtesy Port Of Seattle Image 1 of / 9 Caption Close Watch: A fly-through of Sea-Tac's planned international arrivals terminal 1 / 9 Back to Gallery

Plans for a new international arrivals facility at Sea-Tac Airport are bustling right along.

See below for a video "fly-through" of the planned facility.

Groundbreaking for the new $660 million terminal is on track for early next year, and the current "1970s vintage" facility will get a load off in late 2019 when the new one opens, according to details from the Port of Seattle.

The new terminal will be able to handle about 2,600 passengers per hour, more than double the 1,200 an hour the current terminal was designed for. Already, the airport has seen daily peaks of 1,700 to 1,900 passengers, and if recent growth has been any sign, those numbers are likely to go up with time.

In the last 10 years, international traffic through customs has more than doubled at Sea-Tac, while the airport has added 15 new intercontinental services, according to Port of Seattle figures.

The new 450,000-square-foot terminal will be built east of the current concourse A and will include an elevated walkway over the concourse A taxiway, linking passengers from the south satellite directly to the new international arrivals terminal.

Plans also include 20 gates for wide-body international aircraft (there are 11 now), single baggage claim process, more than double the number of passport check booths and kiosks (up to 80 from current 30), and direct access to ground transportation.

The expectation is that with all this expansion, minimum passenger connection time will dip from 90 minutes to 75 minutes, the port said in a news release.

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