Airport Crippled by Quake Back to 100%

Seattle’s second-biggest airport, badly damaged in last month’s earthquake, was at full capacity again, about a month ahead of schedule, an official said. The King County Airport is widely used by cargo companies as well as by aerospace giant Boeing Co. to make aircraft deliveries.

Airport officials reopened the full 10,000 feet of the long runway, which had operated with just 4,200 feet after the magnitude 6.8 quake Feb. 28 split the tarmac and severely damaged the control tower, a spokesman for the county department of transportation said.