The Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, known more commonly as just the Atlanta Airport, is located seven miles south of the center of Atlanta, Georgia. It’s the world’s busiest airport with over 80 million passengers served every year. It’s the primary hub for Delta Air Lines, AirTran Airways, and Atlantic Southeast Airlines. Delta Air Lines flew over 50% of its passengers from Atlanta in 2009 while AirTran flew 18%, and Atlantic Southeast Airlines flew 14%. Atlanta has over 150 domestic gates and over 25 international gates.
The Atlanta Airport car rental facility features rentals from all the top car rental companies including: Advantage, Airport Rent a Car, Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, EZ Rent a Car, Hertz, iTravel, National, Payless, and Thrifty.
Hartsfield Airport has international service to North America, South America, Central America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
If you’d rather take public transportation than rent a car, MARTA’s Red/Gold rail line serves the airport area.
Atlanta Airport’s terminal and concourse span over close to 6 million square feet. The airport is divided into the North Terminal and the South Terminal.
There are six concourse buildings used for passenger boarding. The first concourse is know as T-Gates and connects directly to the main terminal. The other 5 concourses are lettered A, B, C, D, and E. Concourse E is the international terminal which was opened for the Olympic Games in 1996.
The Atlanta Airport features pedestrian walkways, moving walkways, and an automated people mover. The Automated People Mover has a station at each of the concourses as well as a station for the baggage claim area. This is the busiest automated people mover in the world due to the airport being the busiest in the world.
The MARTA trains station is an above-ground station that’s located in the main building between the north and south terminals. The Airport train station is the southernmost train station in the MARTA system.