Atlanta Airport (ATL)

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Atlanta Airport, known officially as Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (IATA: ATL, ICAO: KATL, FAA LID: ATL), is located 7 miles (11 km) south of the business district of Atlanta, in Georgia, US. It is since 1998 the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic.

Atlanta Airport (ATL) is located 7 miles (11 km) South of the business district in Atlanta.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport serves as a major hub for travel throughout the South and East of the United States.

The airport has two terminals: the Domestic Terminal for flights in USA and the Maynard H. Jackson, Jr. International Terminal for international flights.

In 2015 the Atlanta airport handled more than 100M passengers per year, a record in numbers and it’s the world’s busiest airport by passenger traffic.

Seven parallel concourse buildings serves passengers boarding and are located between the Domestic Terminal and Mayanard H. Jackson, Jr. International Terminal.

Atlanta Airport consists of 209 domestic and international boarding gates. It serves as a major hub not only for flights throughout the South and the East of the United States, also to Central and South America, Asia and Africa. ATL Airport is the primary hub of Delta Air Lines (and Partners), and also for some low-cost carriers such as Frontier, Southwest and Spirit. The three busiest domestic routes from Atlanta Airport are Orlando, Fort Lauderdale and New York.

The five busiest international routes from ATL airport are Amsterdam (Netherlands), Paris (France), Cancún (Mexico), London (Heathrow) and Toronto (Canada). In 2017 Atlanta Airport (ATL) handled more than 103M passengers spread between domestic flights (90M) and international flights (11M). It means that the traffic at the airport has increased more than 3% and this is the maximum capacity (in terms of passengers) that the airport has handled..

Terminal information

Atlanta Airport consists of two terminals: The Domestic Terminal and the Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal with 209 domestic and international gates.

There are seven parallel concourse buildings (From A to F and T) located between the two terminals to accommodate passengers.

Atlanta Airport Domestic Terminal

It is divided in two sides for check-in, baggage claim and ticketing: Terminal North and Terminal South.

Delta Airlines is the only airline located in South Terminal.

In Terminal North there are located all other domestic airlines. Most domestic flights arrive and depart from concourses A, B, C, D or T. These concourses are located between Domestic Terminal and International Temrinal.

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Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. International Terminal

Atlanta Airport International Terminal handles all the international flights, either concourse E or F. Hartsfield–Jackson held its ranking as the world's busiest airport in 2012, both in passengers and number of flights.

The airport counts with international services to North America, South America, Central America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. As an international gateway to the United States, Hartsfield–Jackson ranks sixth

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Transportation at Atlanta Airport

From Atlanta Airport there are several types of transportation:

- Shuttle: There are a lot of hotels in the surroundings of Atlanta Airport which provide free shuttle service to and from the airport.

On the other hand, multiple shuttle services are offered at Atlanta Airport. See more info

- MARTA: Local Public Transit (MARTA) is the local public transportation system. From and to Atlanta Airport, Red and Gold lines are available.

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- Greyhound: Greyhound stands for a private bus company that offers services at Atlanta Airport to several cities in the US.

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- AMTRAK: AMTRAK services are available at downtown Atlanta. To get there, please take a taxi or a door-to-door service from ATL Airport.

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- Taxi: The Taxicab service in Atlanta Airport is located in the Yellow Bus aisle. It is possible to transfer to Atlanta Business District within 16 minutes by taxi.

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Car Rental Atlanta

There are several car rental companies operating at Atlanta Airport. Here we offer a comparison tool to book your car online

Atlanta Airport in numbers

- With 101 million passengers, Atlanta Airport is the busiest airport in the world

- 5 runways

- 2 Terminals and 7 concourses

- More than 200 gates

- Is the major hub in United States

Contact Information

Adress: 6000 N Terminal Pkwy, Atlanta, GA 30320, United States
Telephone: +1 800-897-1910

Lost and Found center

Passengers leaving items on airplanes should contact the airline directly.

Atlanta Airline Terminal Corporation Télephone: (404) 530-2100 ext.100.