4. HISTORY
Hartsfield–Jackson had its beginnings with
a five-year, rent-free lease on 287 acres
(116 ha) that was the home of an
abandoned auto racetrack named The
Atlanta Speedway. The lease was signed
on April 16, 1925, by Mayor Walter Sims,
who committed the city to develop it into an
airfield. As part of the agreement, the
property was renamed Candler Field after
its former owner, Coca-Cola tycoon and
former Atlanta mayor Asa Candler. The first
flight into Candler Field was on September
15, 1926, a Florida Airways mail plane
flying from Jacksonville, Florida. In May
1928, Pitcairn Aviation began service to
Atlanta, followed in June 1930 by Delta Air
Service. Later those two airlines, now
known as Eastern Air Lines and Delta Air
Lines, respectively, would both use Atlanta
as their chief hubs.On September 1, 1928,
the airport's weather station became the
official location for Atlanta's weather
observations and records by the National
Weather Service.
5. IN BRIEF
Physical Address:
Department of Aviation
6000 North Terminal Parkway
Atrium Suite 4000
Atlanta, GA 30320
Phone : 404-209-1700
Official Name:
The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Airport Code:
ATL
Ownership/Operator:
The City of Atlanta / Department of Aviation
Latitude / Longitude:
33° 38' 12" North / 84° 25' 41" West
Elevation Above Sea Level:
1,026 feet (313 meters)
Distance from Downtown Atlanta:
10 miles (16.1 kilometers)
Total Airport Area:
4,700 acres (1,902 Hectares)
6. FEATURES
1. WI-FI
2. Airport Parking Online Reservation
3. Separate levels for arrivals and departures
4. Eight security checkpoint lanes for international departing passengers
5. New Customs and Border Protection facility
6. Two parking structures with more than 3,500 parking spaces
7. Train Stations for Ground Transportation
7. TERMINALS
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport has terminal and concourse
space totaling 6,800,000-square-foot (630,000 m2).[8] The airport has two
terminals where passengers check-in and claim bags, the Domestic
Terminal and the Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal. The
Domestic Terminal is on the west side of the airport. The Maynard H.
Jackson Jr. International Terminal is located on the east side of the airport,
and includes Customs and Immigration services for international
passengers.`
8. THE PLANE TRAIN
The Plane Train is an automated people mover (APM) system at Hartsfield–
Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The
system is the world's most heavily traveled air
port APM system, with 64,000,000 riders in
2002.[2] The APM was designed to quickly
transport passengers between Atlanta Airport's
Main Terminal and the seven airside concourses
, which include the hub for Delta Air Lines and a major focus of Southwest
Airlines operations.
Originally not having an official name, on August 10, 2010, the automated
people mover was named "The Plane Train".
In 2012, the Plane Train was extended beyond Concourse E to Concourse F,
and the Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr. International Terminal. Ten vehicles
were added to the system to accommodate the expansion.
9. TOP INTERNATIONAL DESTINATIONS
RAN
K
AIRPORT PASSENGE
RS
CARRIERS
1 Cancún, Mexico 704,881 Southwest, Delta
2 Paris (Charles de Gaulle), France 638,035 Delta, Air France
3 Amsterdam, Netherlands 595,469 KLM, Delta
4 London (Heathrow), United Kingdom 540,054 British Airways, Delta
5 Mexico City, Mexico 440,239 Aeromexico, Delta
6 Montego Bay, Jamaica 409,872 Southwest, Delta
7 Toronto (Pearson), Canada 379,965 Air Canada, Delta
8 Nassau, Bahamas 335,244 Southwest, Delta
9 Frankfurt, Germany 292,555 Delta, Lufthansa
10 Seoul (Incheon), Korea 256,086 Korean Air
11 Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 294,513 Delta, Southwest
12 Tokyo, Japan 244,463 Delta
13 Rome, Italy 182,514 Delta
14 Johannesburg, South Africa 174,625 Delta
10. The future of Hartsfield-Jackson — and aviation — wasn't always so sure. The Airport
began as a racetrack owned by the founder of Coca-Cola. When that business failed,
early pilots used the straight areas of the track as landing strips.
The Airport exceeded expectations from the beginning. In 1961 a new terminal was
finished, designed to accommodate 4.5 million passengers every year. By 1964 a
whopping 6 million fliers passed through the Airport. In 2008, 90 million passengers
passed through Hartsfield-Jackson.
Before Hartsfield-Jackson's parallel runways were created, the Airport had a system of
intersecting runways. The result: Only one airplane could take off at a time. With an
average of 524 flights a day, this limitation meant that even if flights were spread out
evenly throughout 24 hours, each plane would have only about three minutes to get off
the runway.
Because Georgia's only major airport was often so busy, in the late 1960s there were
several plans to construct a second airport. One possible location for the second
airfield would have required passengers to drive past the Atlanta Airport to reach the
second location. These plans were scrapped in favor of expanding Atlanta's original
Airport.
Former President Jimmy Carter was the first person to leave the Atlanta Airport through
the new terminals built in 1980. Mayor Maynard Jackson was the first to arrive via the
new terminals.
11. SIGNIFICANCE
Atlanta is still the focal point of an important network of rail lines and interstate
highways. Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, 10 miles (16 km)
southwest of downtown Atlanta, is one of the world’s busiest airports. The
first rapid-transit commuter rail opened in 1979, and by the early 21st
century the system had expanded to include several more lines. Atlanta
remains the financial...
