Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport

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The Hartsfield -Jackson Atlanta International Airport ( IATA: ATL, ICAO: KATL ) is the international airport of the city of Atlanta in the U.S. state of Georgia, USA. Airport operator is the Department of Aviation of the City of Atlanta ( Atlanta City Council ). With around 95.5 million passengers per year (as of 2012), which are cleared at 196 Gates, he has the world's largest passenger volume. This, together with good 646 481 tons of cargo to 930 310 takeoffs and landings in 2012 to the current five start and runways 2744-3644 m in length.

The high passenger numbers result from the fact that Atlanta is mainly used as a stopover for other domestic flights ( about 57 %). As an international airport, it ranks in the U.S. in seventh position. The Atlanta airport is approximately 55,300 employees the largest employer in the state of Georgia. The annual sales of about 18.7 billion U.S. dollars.

Only a small area of ​​the airport is located within the city limits of Atlanta, the largest part of the airport belongs to the neighboring Clayton County.

History

On April 16, 1925 signed by the then mayor of Atlanta, Walter Sims, a five-year lease for a former race track, with an area of ​​287 acres ( equivalent to about 116 hectares). As part of the agreement, the land in Candler Field was renamed after the former owner, Coca -Cola founder and former mayor of Atlanta, Asa Griggs Candler. The first arrival of an aircraft took place on 15 September 1926. It was a mail plane of the Florida Airways from Jacksonville (Florida ).

In May 1928 Pitcairn Aviation began (until 1991 Eastern Airlines ) with flights to Atlanta, followed by Delta Air Service (now Delta Air Lines ) in June 1930. Later Atlanta home base of these two airlines. The first tower was opened in March 1939 and in October 1940 the U.S. government declared the official Candler Field Air Force Base. During the Second World War doubled the size of the airport and was at 1,700 arrivals and departures per day of the most highly frequented national airport. 1946 Candler Field was renamed Atlanta Municipal Airport. 1948 more than one million passengers were recorded for the first time.

On June 1, 1956, was then with the flight of Eastern Airlines to Montreal, Canada the first international flight from Atlanta. In 1957 the first jet aircraft - a machine from Washington, DC Type Sud Aviation Caravelle. In the same year, work began on a new terminal to cope with the increasing rush of justice. With more than two million passengers per year, Atlanta became the main airport of the United States, calculated on the period 12 to 14 clock and around the world. Then, on 3 May 1961, the new $ 21 million dollar terminal, dedicated annually the largest with a capacity of six million passengers in the country. Also, the airport was expanded after more than 9.5 million passengers were registered for the first time. 1967 developed the city of Atlanta and the airlines a future plan for the Atlanta Municipal Airport. In January 1977, the work began under the leadership of then Mayor Maynard Jackson. With a total of 500 million U.S. dollars, it was the largest project in the southern USA.

On September 21, 1980, opened as planned then the new William B. Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, named after former mayor William Berry Hartsfield, who had always used for air traffic. The capacity was estimated at more than 55 million passengers per year and expanding the site to 230,000 square feet. In December 1984, a fourth, three km (9000 feet) was long parallel airstrip released; an existing 3.6 km ( 11,889 feet) extended the following year. On 20 October 2003, the City Council of Atlanta, rename the airport in its current name, Hartsfield -Jackson Atlanta International Airport decided to make a tribute to the deceased on 23 June 2003, former Mayor Jackson. Mid-2005, work began on a fifth runway ( 10-28 ), which were completed in May 2006. This should problems in the longer runways which are used by both small and medium-sized as well as from the larger ( and thus approaching faster ) airplanes ( eg Boeing 777 ), will be corrected.

Equipment

There are two terminals for check- in, the North Terminal and the South Terminal ( in reality there are, however, only the North and the South side of a large building ). In the middle is the Main Terminal, which is used primarily for passenger and baggage screening and pass via the passengers in their respective flight hall. The concourses are arranged as follows ( in sequence, starting from the terminal ): T, A, B, C and D, E, F, where E and F are the terminals for international clearance. Terminal E opened in 1996 as part of the Olympic Games.

Today's airport control tower was built along with the fifth start and runway between 2001 and 2006 in order to overlook these fifth train in full length can. He is with 121 meters height of the largest in the United States and the third largest in the world. The largest in the world is 132 meters tall and is located at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport.

Transport links

At the airport

All halls are interconnected and connected to the terminals via walkways, escalators and underground transport systems of the type Adtranz C -100. All of their stations are equipped with platform screen doors. The halls are not cross-linked to itself, which means that passengers must take some long walks in purchase to get to the flights.

Outside the airport

• The airport has its own above-ground subway station inside the metro system of the city. The station is located in the main building at the west end between North and South Terminal.
• There are bus connections to Atlanta in 15 -minute intervals and at 30- minute intervals in the remaining places.
• There is also a taxi and limousine service.
• At the airport, sit a total of 13 car rental companies.
• The airport is connected to Interstate 20, Interstate 75, Interstate 85 and Interstate 285. There are over 30,000 parking spaces, many of which are also disabled.

Airlines and destinations

At the Atlanta airport more nonstop flights and destinations than any other airport in the world are offered. Overall, more than 261 destinations are served, including 83 international destinations in 54 different countries. He is also the home base of Delta Air Lines and is mainly used for air traffic within the United States and Canada. However, there are also lines to Latin America, Asia, Europe and Africa.

Since September 1, 2013 Korean Air also flies daily to the Atlanta airport with the Airbus A380 from Seoul.

One of the biggest airlines flying Atlanta include American Airlines, Cargolux, Cathay Pacific Cargo, China Airlines Cargo, DHL Aviation, FedEx, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, U.S. Airways, Air Canada, Air France, British Airways, KLM, Korean Air, the German Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines Cargo and UPS Airlines.

Among the largest flown from Atlanta objectives include Toronto, Paris CDG, Boston, Denver, Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, NY- LaGuardia, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, Chicago - O ' Hare, Miami, London - Heathrow, Houston, Newark, Amsterdam, Barcelona, ​​Brussels, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, London -Gatwick, Madrid, Mexico City, Munich, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Zurich, and Seoul.