SEAAirport Guide

Shared shuttles from Seattle airport

Premier's door-to-door vans and the Bellevue shuttle board on garage Level 3. Other airporters board at the Arrivals Drive curb, Doors 00 and 02.

A shuttle van and a blue bus along the terminal kerb under the concrete canopy.
Courtesy vehicle curb, SEA

Premier’s door-to-door vans and the Bellevue shuttle board on garage Level 3. Every other operator on our scheduled airporters page that names a spot boards at the curb of the Arrivals Drive, on the baggage claim level, outside Doors 00 and 02 past Carousel 1.

The upstairs route costs you a floor up, a skybridge and a floor down.

Which shuttle boards where

Service Boards Serves
Premier Airport Shuttle (shared or private van) Garage Level 3, Ground Transportation Plaza, kiosk in the Door to Door Vans area Home, hotel or business addresses around Puget Sound, including Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue, Kent, Everett, Federal Way, Kirkland, Redmond, Lakewood, JBLM, Olympia, Edmonds and Bremerton
Bellevue Airport and Cruise Shuttle Garage Level 3, Island 2A, between Skybridges 3 and 4 Bellevue hotels
Airporter Shuttle / Bellair Arrivals Drive curb, near Door 02 Bellingham, Blaine, Anacortes ferry, Marysville, Paine Field and other northern towns, plus Cle Elum, Ellensburg, North Bend and Yakima
Bremerton-Kitsap Airporter Arrivals Drive curb, near Door 02 Bremerton, Poulsbo, Silverdale, Port Orchard, Gig Harbor and NW Tacoma
Whidbey - SeaTac Shuttle Arrivals Drive curb, outside Door 02 Whidbey Island, Oak Harbor, Coupeville, Langley and Paine Field
Dungeness Bus Lines Arrivals Drive curb Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend, Kingston
Quick Shuttle Arrivals Drive curb, outside Door 02 Vancouver, B.C.
FlixBus Arrivals Drive curb, outside Door 02 Everett, Tacoma, Olympia, Portland, Eugene
Island Airporter Arrivals Drive curb, outside Door 00 or Door 02 Roche Harbor and Friday Harbor
Rocket Transportation No pickup point listed Door-to-door service to the Olympic Peninsula
Wenatchee Valley Shuttle No pickup point listed Wenatchee

Kenmore Air’s shuttle also picks up outside Door 2 on the baggage claim level.

Departures and costs for the operators with published figures:

  • Bellevue shuttle: every hour from 4 a.m. to 9 p.m. One passenger pays $30, two $50, three $70, four $90, five $105 and six $125. Infants 2 and under ride free.
  • Airporter Shuttle / Bellair: 10 trips a day, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Our Bellingham guide has the times.
  • Whidbey - SeaTac Shuttle: nine trips a day, about every two hours. An adult pays $64 to Oak Harbor. See our Whidbey Island guide.
  • Dungeness Bus Lines: the express to Port Angeles leaves at 1:45 p.m. and costs $54. See our Port Angeles guide.
  • Island Airporter: one trip, leaving between 11:00 and 11:15 a.m. depending on the ferry schedule. Fares run $75 to $95 and cover the ferry. See our San Juan Islands guide.

How to reach the curb airporters

Walk to the south end of the baggage claim level and look for the Airporters sign next to Checkpoint 1. No skybridge is involved.

The Port of Seattle’s airporters page says pickup is near Door 00, while several operators say Door 02. Both doors face the same curb, so look for the sign instead of the number. Inside, near Door 00 in the Gina Marie Lindsey Arrivals Hall, the Airporter Check-In Counter is where you check in with your service.

Whidbey - SeaTac Shuttle lists nine trips a day, roughly every two hours.

Reaching the garage plaza for a door-to-door van

Follow the signs for Ground Transportation. Sound Transit’s own walking video puts the skybridge level one floor above baggage claim. Cross Skybridge 4 into the garage, then go down to Level 3, where Premier’s kiosk sits in the middle of the Ground Transportation Plaza.

The Ground Transportation Information Booth can be reached at (206) 787-5906.

One traveler watching Travel Adventures with Eric B’s walk-through reported “a lot of walking,” and another mentioned their knee. If you need a wheelchair from baggage claim or the garage before security, call Prospect Airport Services at (206) 246-1550. The help is free. Our wheelchair assistance page explains the handoff at the ticket counter. Taxis have a mobility pickup on the baggage claim level, by Skybridge 2 near Door 10 or Skybridge 5 near Door 22.

Shared or private: what Premier sells

Premier sells a shared ride, its most economical option, and a private van that is non-stop and direct.

Premier’s fare varies with distance, number of passengers and service, and gratuity is not included in most fares. SeaTac to Everett, for example, runs about $94.60 in a shared van or $199.00 in a private one, subject to availability.

Premier also lists seasonal scheduled cruise ship and downtown Seattle transfers. Call (800) 962-3579 for reservations.

When a shuttle isn’t the best fit

For downtown, the Link light rail leaves from SeaTac/Airport Station. Sound Transit gives 38 minutes for the ride from downtown Seattle to the airport. Trains toward downtown stop leaving the airport at these times.

Night Last train toward downtown
Weekday 12:05 a.m.
Saturday 12:06 a.m.
Sunday 11:18 p.m.

Sound Transit’s Night Bus then runs about every 30 minutes, starting about 15 minutes after the last train, from near the Link station on International Boulevard.

Option Published fare or traveler’s report Where it boards
Link light rail $3.00 adult, youth 18 and under free (Sound Transit) SeaTac/Airport Station, across the skybridge
Taxi $20 minimum fare from SEA (Port of Seattle). One traveler (Travel Adventures with Eric B) reported $40 to $50 to downtown Garage Level 3, north and south curbs
Rideshare One traveler (Travel Adventures with Eric B) said the app was showing an average of $65 to downtown Garage Level 3 Ground Transportation Plaza, stalls 1–34 in the middle of the garage
Premier shared van Varies by distance, passengers and service (Premier) Garage Level 3

The train fits an address near a downtown stop, where it costs a fraction of the $20 taxi minimum. A shuttle or taxi fits an address far from a station, including after the last train, because the Night Bus stops only near the Link station. Sound Transit Express Route 560 also runs to Bellevue from the lower drive near Door 00.

For a cruise, one creator, Travels Large, rode Link to Westlake and paid about $22 for a ride app to Pier 91.

What goes wrong, and what to do

Your flight is late. Premier monitors flights and can adjust a reservation. Call its office at (206) 244-0011 right away if your flight is delayed, canceled or changed.

You’re at the wrong curb. Hotel and off-site parking shuttles use Islands 1A–D, 2A and 3A–C in the courtesy lane, covered on our courtesy shuttles page. Our scheduled airporters page lists the rest.

The phone numbers don’t match. The Port of Seattle lists the same two numbers, (360) 679-4003 and (877) 679-4003, for both Whidbey - SeaTac Shuttle and Wenatchee Valley Shuttle. Use the number on your booking to reach the right operator.

You have a group. Charter buses board separately, in the North East Charter Bus Lot. Once everyone has their bags, call the Ground Transportation booth to dispatch the bus. See our charter bus page.

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