Paine Field Airport director stepping down for Sea-Tac job
EVERETT — Paine Field Airport Director Arif Ghouse is stepping down to take a job with his previous employer, the Port of Seattle.
He will serve as chief operating officer for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport beginning Feb. 21.
Ghouse was the deputy airport manager at Sea-Tac in 2014 when he was chosen to lead the Snohomish County Airport.
Since then, Ghouse has overseen eight years of enormous change at the Snohomish County Airport, including the political and environmental groundwork that led to the launch of commercial air service in 2018; the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which nearly shut down air travel and hobbled the aerospace industry for more than two years; an airport budget that grew from $19 million in 2014 to the current $80 million; and an airport staff that nearly doubled to 92 employees by 2022.
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