SAFN published its report and recommendation in May 2011.

Among key findings and recommendations, are :

An aviation biofuels industry can be commercially viable in the Pacific Northwest;
Considering aviation role in the economy, aviation dependency on liquid fuels as well as the structural advantages of aviation with view to alternative fuels deployment, biofuel development for commercial and military aviation must receive priority attention in policy development and commercial efforts;
There is no single feedstock or technology to achieve SAFN’s goal and SAFN proposes action plans for four promising feedstock: oilseeds, forest residues, municipal solid waste and algae;
Supportive policies are critical to jump-start the industry and attract investment, accelerate industry growth and provide long-term economic benefits - the report offers specific policy recommendations to spur creation of sustainable fuels for the aviation industry;
SAFN stakeholders agree on the need to accelerate efforts to find replacements for petroleum fuels but emphasize sustainability as a crucial consideration for policies supporting alternative fuels for aviation.

The work performed within SAFN also contributed to the set of 75 commercial flights performed from Seattle by Alaska Airlines from November 2011, using a 20 percent blend of sustainable biofuel made from used cooking oil (a purchased through SkyNRG from Dynamic Fuels).

In addition, the SAFN initiative resulted in the set-up of a follow-on “Aviation Biofuels Work Group” in June 2012 when the Washington State legislature adopted the Aviation Biofuels Production bill (HB 2422). It requires stakeholders in the region to form an Aviation Biofuels Work Group to "further the development of sustainable aviation fuel as a productive industry in Washington, using as a foundation the regional assessment prepared by the collaborative known as the sustainable aviation fuels northwest”.

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