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After fits and starts due to certification delays that were made worse by the government shutdown, Paine Field (PAE) finally opened for business Monday.

The newest commercial airport in the US began operations when Alaska Airlines flight 2777 took off, bound for Las Vegas.

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Technically it's a re-opening, in fact, with a brand-new terminal, after the airport closed to commercial traffic during World War II.

Located about 30 miles north of downtown Seattle, the new airport's stated goal is to return civility to air travel.

For people who live north of Seattle, that change starts with not needing to fight traffic to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Paine Field is located on the opposite side of Seattle from Sea-Tac, but initially at least, it won't offer the breadth of flights that its southern neighbor does.

A maximum of 24 scheduled commercial flights per day will take flight from the airport over the next few months as the two tenants of the new terminal, Alaska Airlines and

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