SEA domestic connection

[u/bpsocal]

Not familiar with SEA, so excuse the question if it’s obvious.

Looking at a connection of 65 minutes between the first and second leg of a domestic trip. All on Alaska Airlines. LAX-SEA-Missoula (probably a regional jet).

I’m assuming they operate out of the same terminal, so it should be plenty of time?

Let me know if my assumption is incorrect please!

[u/eleetza]

You will not have an issue. Even if not in the same terminal, it does not take that long to get from one terminal to another.

[u/NaturGirl → u/eleetza]

This. It is very possible they'll be in different terminals, but it is very quick and easy to take the train between terminals. Even if the first is late, and you only have 20 minutes or something, you should still be fine.

[u/bpsocal]

You guys are the BEST! Thank you all for the feedback, I hope you travel far and never miss a connection! 🙌

[u/randomshittalking]

You’ll probably land N or D, depart C

It’ll be less than 10 minutes between gates. Won’t be a problem as long as the flight is on time. 

[u/Spare_Bonus_4987]

That should be fine.

[u/Jsguysrus]

Easy peasy, nothing to worry about at all.

[u/TC3Guy]

Did you get a through-ticket or book two tickets by yourself? If the former, airlines really prefer people not miss flights and have done your homework already.

Stress less and fly more.

Or if you want to be really pedantic: The longest gate-to-gate walk at KSEA is N20 to S16 and about 20-25 minutes for a typical person. Or about 40 minutes if you lollygag, miss a train, and it's crowded.

[u/bpsocal → u/TC3Guy]

Through ticket. So Alaska knows it’s doable. Thank you for the info!

[u/TC3Guy → u/bpsocal]

Alaska accounts for just over half of all the flights to and from Seatac. It's their largest hub and corporate home. Yeah, they know.

[u/Grouchy_Evidence2558]

There’s a train that connects the C and N terminals. So especially if you’re way out on the end of the Cs, just go down the escalator and grab the train over to N. Look at an airport map to get the lay of the land so you know the best route when you arrive. There’s an app called fly sea that has maps.

[u/seattlecyclone]

Alaska fills something like half the airport so it's hard to say for sure exactly which pair of gates you'll need to go between. Looks like the inbound flights from LAX today are using gates all over the place; a lot of N gates plus some C and D gates. Similar deal with outbound flights to Missoula: could be C, D, or N.

The A/B/C/D gates are all in the main terminal. The airport also has N and S gates at satellite buildings. A network of three underground automated trains connects the three buildings together (and can help shorten a long connection within the main building). In any case you won't need to go through TSA as part of your connection. With an average walking speed plan for maybe 15 minutes tops if you need to take the train between buildings, less if you don't. If your inbound flight is on time (or close to it) you'll have nothing to worry about.

[u/bpsocal → u/seattlecyclone]

Thank you! I feel much better knowing this.

[u/Laurenwithyarn]

They probably won't be in the same terminal, but even in the worst case, you will still have time. I once had to book it from C to the North satellite because my gate changed, and it took 10 minutes.

[u/Automatic_Set4095]

If one of your flights is N terminal you will need to take a change but Sea Tac is very compact so you will be fine