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TOPIC – BUSIEST AIRPORT IN THE WORLDHARTSFIELD JACKSON ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

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HARTSFIELD-JACKSON ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

HISTORYHartsfield–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.

IN BRIEF Physical Address:

Department of Aviation 6000 North Terminal Parkway

Atrium Suite 4000Atlanta, 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)

FEATURES1. 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

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.`

THE PLANE TRAINThe Plane Train is an automated people mover (APM) system at Hartsfield–

Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The system is the world's most heavily traveled airport 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.

TOP INTERNATIONAL DESTINATIONSRAN

KAIRPORT PASSENG

ERSCARRIERS

1 Cancún, Mexico 704,881 Southwest, Delta2 Paris (Charles de Gaulle), France 638,035 Delta, Air France3 Amsterdam, Netherlands 595,469 KLM, Delta4 London (Heathrow), United Kingdom 540,054 British Airways, Delta5 Mexico City, Mexico 440,239 Aeromexico, Delta6 Montego Bay, Jamaica 409,872 Southwest, Delta7 Toronto (Pearson), Canada 379,965 Air Canada, Delta8 Nassau, Bahamas 335,244 Southwest, Delta9 Frankfurt, Germany 292,555 Delta, Lufthansa

10 Seoul (Incheon), Korea 256,086 Korean Air11 Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 294,513 Delta, Southwest12 Tokyo, Japan 244,463 Delta13 Rome, Italy 182,514 Delta14 Johannesburg, South Africa 174,625 Delta15 Dubai, United Arab Emirates 174,379 Delta

AMAZING FACTS ABOUT HARTSFIELD AIRPORT

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.

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...