Complaint Department

If summer's on its way, then so are noise complaints about Sea-Tac's air traffic.

Year-end figures show calls to the noise-complaint line generally peak and fall with surges of air traffic. The combination of the year's heaviest air traffic and open windows letting in the jet screams make July the noisiest month of the year, measured by complaints.

Last July, the hotline received about 1,000 complaints, compared with 1,089 for the entire fourth quarter of the year. The hotline number is 433-5393; long distance is 1-800-826-1147.