Baggage claim at Seattle airport
Find your SEA baggage claim, airline claim numbers, storage hours, food before security and pickup points.
SEA’s main baggage claim is on Level 3 of the Main Terminal, beside the arrivals drive. From the N Concourse, take the SEA Underground Green Line to C or D Station. From the S Concourse, take the Blue Line to A or B Station. Flights routed through the International Arrivals Facility (IAF) use its baggage claim before passport control.
Check SEA’s claim display for your flight number when you reach the Level 3 hall. The Port of Seattle’s airport map also marks airline baggage service offices. Those office locations are not your flight’s belt assignment.
Find your bags after landing
For pickup at SEA, choose a numbered door on the baggage claim drive after you collect your bag.
If SEA’s claim display and the carousel don’t match, ask your airline’s baggage staff. You can also ask for directions at the information desk in the Gina Marie Lindsey Arrivals Hall near Checkpoint 1, before security.
Need a wheelchair on the baggage claim level? Call Prospect Airport Services at (206) 246-1550 for free assistance. One of SEA’s two ATMs in baggage claim is by Bag Claim 3. Both are before security.
If your flight arrives through the IAF, go to Baggage Claims 18–24. Collect your checked bags before passport control, even if you are connecting. After passport control, connecting passengers recheck bags with their airline, then use the IAF security checkpoint to enter the A Concourse. See connections for the transfer route.
Carousels by airline: use your flight number
| Airline | Domestic baggage claims listed by SEA |
|---|---|
| Aer Lingus, Hawaiian Airlines, Sun Country Airlines | 2 |
| Delta Air Lines | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| JetBlue Airways | 3 |
| Frontier Airlines | 7 |
| Air Canada, United Airlines | 9 |
| Alaska Airlines | 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16 |
| Southwest Airlines | 10, 11 |
| American Airlines | 13 |
The Port of Seattle’s airport map marks Carousel 8 as temporarily closed.
If you need airline staff, the map places Delta’s baggage service office at Claim 6, Air Canada and United at Claim 9, Southwest at Claim 10, Alaska at Claim 14 and American at Claim 16.
Oversize bags and bags that do not arrive
For a stroller, sports item or other oversize bag missing from your flight’s claim area, ask at your airline’s baggage office. The airport map marks the offices, including the ones by claim number above.
When the belt stops without your bag, use the Port of Seattle’s airline baggage contacts page to report it to your airline. Airlines handle baggage operations and tracking at SEA. The page lists forms, numbers and a map of on-site offices. Use your bag tag and flight details for the airline’s form or call.
For an item left in the terminal, SEA Airport Lost and Found is across from Carousel 13 near Door 18, before security. It’s open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pacific, except Martin Luther King Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. Call SEA Airport Lost and Found at (206) 787-5312. SEA holds found items for at least 30 days.
You can get a luggage cart in baggage claim, at the IAF, along the curb or in the garage. Smarte Carte baggage storage is between Carousels 9 and 10. It opens daily from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., closing from 11:30 a.m. to noon and 6 to 6:30 p.m. You can leave luggage and frozen or refrigerated items there, or rent a car seat or stroller. Storage is first come, first served, with no reservation needed. Call Smarte Carte at (206) 248-3645. For help carrying bags from a domestic flight, call Express Bag Services at 206-661-3560 or Axel Baggage Service LLC at 206-631-1323.
Before security, Starbucks by Claim 6 opens daily from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Urban Market by Claim 7 is open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. 7-Eleven by Claim 15 is open 24 hours. You don’t need to go back through security for any of them.
Leave the claim hall with your bags
For a pet or service animal, outdoor relief areas are by Door 26 on the baggage claim drive and at the south end by Doors 00 and 02, past Carousel 1.
Standard Uber and Lyft pickup is at stalls 1–34 in the middle of garage Level 3: go up from baggage claim, cross a skybridge on Level 4, then go down one level. Uber Black and other premium rides can meet you at the baggage claim door you choose. Taxis board at the north and south curbs of garage Level 3. Accessible taxi pickup is on the baggage claim level by Skybridge 2 near Door 10 or Skybridge 5 near Door 22. Our taxi page lists a $20 minimum fare for trips from the airport and a permitted $1 on-demand surcharge.
For help with a ride, call the Ground Transportation Information Booth at (206) 787-5906.
The free rental car shuttle stops on the baggage claim drive near Door 24 at the north end and Door 2 at the south end. It runs 24 hours to the off-site Rental Car Facility at 3150 S. 160th St. For Link light rail, head toward Carousel 16, go up one floor, cross Skybridge 6 and turn left through the garage to SeaTac/Airport Station. The adult one-way fare is $3. The free Train-to-Plane cart has room for bags and runs between the station and garage Level 4 by Skybridges 5 and 6, daily from 5 a.m. to midnight.
If someone is driving to meet you, have them wait at the free Cell Phone Lot, 2623 S. 170th Street.