Katana VentraIP

Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (IATA: ATL, ICAO: KATL, FAA LID: ATL) is the primary international airport serving Atlanta and its surrounding metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Georgia. The airport is located 10 miles (16 km; 8.7 nmi) south of the Downtown Atlanta district. It is named after former Atlanta mayors William B. Hartsfield and Maynard Jackson.[4][5] The airport covers 4,700 acres (1,900 ha) of land and has five parallel runways which are aligned in an east-west direction. There are three runways that are 9,000 feet (2,743 m) long, one runway that is 10,000 feet (3,048 m) long, and the longest runway at ATL measures 12,390 feet (3,776 m) long, which can handle the Airbus A380.[6][5][7] Since 1998, Hartsfield-Jackson has been the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic. In 2023, the airport served over 104.6 million passengers, the most of any airport in the world.[8]

"Atlanta Airport" redirects here. For the airport in Idaho, see Atlanta Airport (Idaho). For the airport in Atlanta, Texas, see Hall-Miller Municipal Airport.

Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Public

Atlanta Department of Aviation

Metro Atlanta

Clayton and Fulton counties, Georgia, U.S.

September 15, 1926 (1926-09-15)

Delta Air Lines

1,026 ft / 313 m

33°38′12″N 84°25′41″W / 33.63667°N 84.42806°W / 33.63667; -84.42806

atl.com

104,653,451

104,653,451

775,818

579,331

Hartsfield–Jackson is the corporate headquarters and primary hub of Delta Air Lines. With just over 1,000 flights a day to 225 domestic and international destinations, the Delta hub is the world's largest airline hub[9][10] and is considered the first mega-hub in America.[11] Additionally, Hartsfield–Jackson is also the home of Delta's Technical Operations Center, which is the airline's primary maintenance, repair and overhaul arm.[12] Aside from Delta, Hartsfield-Jackson is also a focus city for low-cost carriers Frontier Airlines and Southwest Airlines. The airport has international service within North America and to Latin America, Europe, Africa, Middle East and East Asia.[13]


The airport is mostly in unincorporated areas of Clayton County,[14] but it spills into the city limits of Atlanta,[15] College Park,[16] and Hapeville,[17] in territory extending into Fulton County. The airport's domestic terminal is served by MARTA's Red and Gold rail lines.

Concourse T contains 21 gates.

[55]

Concourse A contains 29 gates.

[55]

Concourse B contains 32 gates.

[55]

Concourse C contains 34 gates.

[55]

Concourse D contains 40 gates.

[55]

Concourse E contains 28 gates.

[55]

Concourse F contains 12 gates.

[55]

On May 23, 1960, Flight 1903, a Convair CV-880-22-1 (N8804E), crashed on takeoff resulting in the loss of all four crew members. This flight was a training flight for two Delta captains who were being type-rated on the 880.[123]

Delta Air Lines

On February 25, 1969, Eastern Air Lines Flight 955 was by one passenger shortly after takeoff from ATL en route to Miami. The man pulled a .22 caliber pistol and demanded to be flown to Cuba. He got off the plane in Cuba while the DC-8 was allowed to fly back to the U.S.[124]

hijacked

On April 4, 1977, was on descent to the airport when hail was ingested into the engines, leading them to fail. Pilot errors and difficult weather forced the pilots to attempt an emergency landing on a highway. Upon touchdown, the aircraft struck several buildings and cars, killing 72 people.

Southern Airways Flight 242

On January 18, 1990, Eastern Air Lines Flight 111, a Boeing 727, overran a operated by Epps Air Service, based at another Atlanta airport. The King Air had landed and was taxiing when the 727, still at high speed in its landing roll, collided with the aircraft. The larger plane's wing impacted the roof of the smaller. The pilot of the King Air, an Epps charter pilot, was killed, while a passenger survived. No crew or passengers on the Eastern plane were injured.[125]

Beechcraft King Air

On November 1, 1998, Flight 867, a Boeing 737, lost control and skidded off of the runway while landing, with main landing gear in a drainage ditch and its empennage extending over the taxiway. The nose gear was folded back into the electrical/electronic compartment and turned 90 degrees from its normal, extended position. The cause was an improperly repaired hydraulic line leak that caused the flight crew to lose control of the airplane.[126]

AirTran Airways

Atlanta's second airport

Candler Field Museum

a book about the airport

Flight Path

Georgia World War II Army Airfields

List of busiest airports by aircraft movements

List of busiest airports by cargo traffic

List of busiest airports by international passenger traffic

List of busiest airports by passenger traffic

List of the busiest airports in the United States

World's busiest airport

List of tallest air traffic control towers in the United States

Official website

YouTube

Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport Official