Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and is one of two airports considered the busiest airport in the world. Its IATA airport code is ATL, its ICAO airport code is KATL.

It was built under the administration of former mayor Maynard Jackson, and was done on-time and under budget. It was originally named for another former mayor, William Berry Hartsfield, and built on the existing airport site of Candler Field (named for yet another former mayor and Coca-Cola tycoon Asa Candler). In 2003 on October 20^th, Atlanta's city council voted to change the name from Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, to honor the former mayor who died earlier in the year.

Hartsfield-Jackson International is the chief hub to Delta Air Lines and mostly handles air traffic to other parts of the United States and Canada. Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has international service to Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. It has two terminals where persons check in, the North Terminal and the South Terminal. They link to a main terminal for security screening, before passengers head to Concourse T, or to the underground train.

Six concourses exist for passenger boarding. Moving sidewalks and an underground "people mover" train made by Westinghouse connect the concourses, and the terminals building. Concourse T is attached to the terminal, and was formerly for international flights, before Councourse E was built prior to the 1996 Centennial Summer Olympics.

In July 2003, Mayor Shirley Franklin announced a second international concourse, which will also have its own terminal. The new Concourse F is scheduled to be completed in 2006. A new fifth runway is also under construction.

Hartsfield-Jackson also has its own train station on the city's rapid transit system, MARTA. The above-ground station is inside in the main terminal building.

Table of contents

1 Check-in and baggage claim

1.1 North Terminal
1.2 South Terminal
1.3 International Terminal

2 Departure and arrival halls

2.4 Concourse T
2.5 Concourse A
2.6 Concourse B
2.7 Concourse C
2.8 Concourse D
2.9 International Concourse E
2.10 International Concourse F

3 External Links