Hartsfield – Jackson Atlanta International Airport

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Hartsfield – Jackson Atlanta International Airport
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Characteristics
ICAO code CATL
IATA code ATL
Coordinates

33 ° 38 '21 "  N , 84 ° 25' 40"  W Coordinates: 33 ° 38 '21 "  N , 84 ° 25' 40"  W.
Height above MSL 313 m (1027  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 12 miles south of Atlanta
Street I-20 I-75 / I-85 / I-285
Local transport MARTA Red / Gold Line, bus
Basic data
opening 1925
operator Atlanta Department of Aviation
surface 1922 ha
Terminals 2 (1 regional, 1 international) and 7 departure halls (T, A, B, C, D, E, F)
Passengers 107,394,029 (2018)
Air freight 693,790 t (2018)
Flight
movements 		895,682 (2018)
Employees 63,000
Runways
08L / 26R 2743 m × 46 m asphalt
08R / 26L 3048 m × 46 m asphalt
09L / 27R 3776 m × 46 m asphalt
09R / 27L 2743 m × 46 m asphalt
10/28 2743 m × 46 m asphalt

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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 US state of Georgia . The airport operator is the Department of Aviation of the City of Atlanta . With 107.4 million passengers in 2018, it is the airport with the largest number of passengers in the world . Together with 693,790 tons of cargo, this resulted in 895,682 take-offs and landings on five runways .

The high passenger numbers result from the fact that Atlanta is mainly used as a stopover for other domestic flights. As an international airport, it was ranked seventh in the United States in 2017. Atlanta Airport is the largest employer in the state of Georgia with more than 63,000 employees. The annual turnover was in 2016 at about 34.8 billion US dollars .

Location and transport links

location

The Hartsfield – Jackson Atlanta International Airport is twelve kilometers south of downtown Atlanta . Only a small area of ​​the airport is in the metropolitan area of ​​Atlanta, most of the airport belongs to neighboring Clayton County .

Transport links in the airport

A people mover from the inside

All venues are connected with each other and with the terminals via walkways, escalators and underground people mover of the type Adtranz C-100 . All of their stops are equipped with platform screen doors. The halls are not actually networked, which means that passengers sometimes have to walk long distances to get to the flights.

Transport links outside the airport

history

On April 16, 1925, the then mayor of Atlanta , Walter Sims , signed a five-year lease for a former racetrack, covering an area of ​​287 acres (about 116 hectares ). As part of the contract, the site was renamed Candler Field after the former owner, Coca-Cola founder and former mayor of Atlanta, Asa Griggs Candler . The first plane landed on September 15, 1926. It was a Florida Airways mail plane from Jacksonville (Florida) .

In May 1928 Pitcairn Aviation ( Eastern Air Lines until 1991 ) started with flight connections to Atlanta, followed by Delta Air Service (now Delta Air Lines ) in June 1930. Atlanta later became the home airport of these two airlines. The first tower opened in March 1939, and in October 1940 the US government declared Candler Field an official air base . During the Second World War , the size of the airport doubled and became the most heavily frequented national airport with 1700 arrivals and departures per day. In 1946, Candler Field was renamed Atlanta Municipal Airport . In 1948, more than a million passengers were counted for the first time.

Northwest Airlines Boeing 720-051B in front of the old passenger terminal

On June 1, 1956, the Eastern Air Lines flight to Montreal , Canada was the first international flight from Atlanta. In 1957 the first jet aircraft followed - a machine from Washington, DC of the type Sud Aviation Caravelle . In the same year, work began on a new terminal to cope with the increasing number of people. With more than two million passengers a year, Atlanta has become the most important airport in the United States , calculated for the time between noon and 2 p.m. worldwide. On May 3, 1961, the new US $ 21 million terminal was inaugurated, the largest in the country with a capacity of six million passengers a year. The airport area was also expanded after more than 9.5 million air travelers had been registered for the first time. In 1967 the City of Atlanta and the airlines developed a future plan for the Atlanta Municipal Airport. The current runway 08R / 26L was opened in 1969, followed five years later by the runway 09L / 27R. In January 1977, work began under the direction of the then Mayor Maynard Jackson . With a sum of 500 million US dollars, it became the largest project in the southern United States .

On September 21, 1980, the new William B. Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport was opened as planned , named after the former mayor William Berry Hartsfield , who had always campaigned for air traffic. The capacity was put at more than 55 million passengers per year and the area was expanded to 230,000 square meters. In December 1984 the fourth parallel runway 08L / 26R , 2.7 kilometers (9,000 feet ) long, was opened; the following year, the existing 09L / 27R runway was extended to 3.6 kilometers (11,889 feet).

In January 1991, Eastern Air Lines, one of the two most important airlines at Atlanta Airport, ceased operations. In September 1994 the international Concourse E was opened. Two years later, Atlanta hosted the Summer Olympics . In 1998, Atlanta airport was able to prevail against Chicago O'Hare International Airport with around 73.5 million passengers and became the world's largest airport in terms of passengers for the first time. In the following year the runway 09R / 27L was reconstructed.

On October 20, 2003, the Atlanta City Council decided to rename the airport to its current name, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport , in honor of former Mayor Jackson, who died on June 23, 2003. In mid-2005, work began on a fifth runway (10/28), which was completed in May 2006. This should solve problems with the longer runways, which are used by small and medium-sized as well as by the larger (and therefore faster on approach) aircraft (e.g. Boeing 777 ). In addition, a new control tower was put into operation. In December 2009, a new rental car center was opened and the People Mover ATL SkyTrain commissioned.

The new international terminal including Concourse F was opened on May 16, 2012. It was named after Maynard Jackson .

On December 17, 2017, there was a fire in the airport's underground electrical systems. The entire airport was without power for hours .

Airport facilities

Airport diagram
Airport diagram with the names of the terminals, concourses and runways

The Hartsfield – Jackson Atlanta International Airport has an area of ​​1922 hectares.

Start-and runway

The airport has five parallel runways with lengths of 2743 to 3776 meters.

designation Dimensions in meters Topping Alignment Installation ILS-CAT Primary use
09R / 27L 2743 × 46 concrete East West 1999 III Arrivals
09L / 27R 3776 × 46 concrete East West 1974 I. Departures
08R / 26L 3048 × 46 concrete East West 1969 I. Departures
08L / 26R 2743 × 46 concrete East West 1984 III Arrivals
10/28 2743 × 46 concrete East West 2006 II Arrivals

Passenger terminals

Aerial view of the terminals before the completion of the international terminal
The Concourses T and A

The terminal complex of the Hartsfield – Jackson Atlanta International Airport consists of two passenger terminals for check-in and seven concourses, which are interconnected by people movers , among others . The terminal complex is 192 boarding gates equipped, of which 152 are used for domestic flights and 40 international flights. At the western end of the terminal complex is the Domestic Terminal for domestic flights, while the International Terminal is at the eastern end. Concourse T is located at the Domestic Terminal, and Concourses A to D are also used exclusively for domestic flights. Concourse F is located at the International Terminal, and international flights can also be handled in Concourse E.

Much of the terminal complex was built from January 1977 and put into operation on September 21, 1980. The international Concourse E opened in September 1994. The new international terminal including Concourse F was opened on May 16, 2012. It was named after Maynard Jackson .

Freight terminals

The freight terminals at Hartsfield – Jackson Atlanta International Airport are spread over a northern apron on the northern edge of the airport premises, a middle apron near the passenger terminals and a southern apron, which is between the runways 09R / 27L and 10/28.

Aircraft maintenance

Hartsfield – Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the headquarters of MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) service provider Delta TechOps , which is a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines . He operates numerous maintenance hangars at the airport. In addition, Delta TechOps opened what it claims to be the world's largest jet engine test bench at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in 2019 . In addition, the regional airline ExpressJet Airlines and the low-cost airline Southwest Airlines operate maintenance hangars at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Control tower

The new tower of the airport. In the background the predecessor that was demolished in August 2006

Today's tower of the airport was built together with the fifth runway between 2001 and 2006 in order to be able to overlook this fifth runway in full length. At 121 meters tall, it is the largest in the US and the fourth largest in the world. The largest in the world is 132 meters high and is located at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport .

Airlines and Destinations

Statistics on Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport from 2000 to 2014 on passenger, transfer passenger and cargo volumes as well as flight movements
Delta Air Lines headquarters

Atlanta Airport has more non-stop flights and destinations than any other airport in the world. In total, more than 225 destinations are served, including over 75 international destinations in 50 different countries. It is also the home airport of Delta Air Lines and is mainly used for air traffic within the United States and to Canada. But there are also lines to Latin America , Asia , Europe and Africa .

Major airlines flying to Atlanta include American Airlines , Cargolux , Cathay Pacific Cargo , China Airlines Cargo , FedEx , Frontier Airlines , Southwest Airlines , United Airlines , Air Canada , Air France , British Airways , KLM , Korean Air , and Lufthansa UPS Airlines .

The largest destinations served from Atlanta include Toronto , Paris CDG , Boston , Denver , Dallas , Detroit , Indianapolis , Las Vegas , Los Angeles , NY-La Guardia , Philadelphia , Phoenix , San Francisco , Seattle-Tacoma , Washington Dulles , Chicago -O'Hare , Miami , London-Heathrow , Houston , Newark , Amsterdam , Barcelona , Brussels , Dubai , Johannesburg , London-Gatwick , Orlando , Madrid , Mexico City , Tel Aviv , Tokyo , and Seoul-Incheon .

The following destinations are served in German-speaking countries:

Airline market shares

Airline market shares in terms of passengers
airline Share 2010 Share 2018 comment
AirTran Airways 16.24% 0.00% Acquired by Southwest Airlines in 2010, integrated into Southwest in 2014
American Airlines 1.30% 2.54%
American Eagle 0.42% 0.48%
Continental Airlines 0.80% 0.00% 2010 Merger with United Airlines, brand abandoned in 2012
Delta Air Lines 61.00% 73.72%
Delta Connection 15.98% 5.99%
Frontier Airlines 0.27% 1.03%
Southwest Airlines 0.00% 9.52%
Spirit Airlines 0.27% 2.11%
United Airlines 0.16% 1.81%
United Express 0.50% 0.00%
US Airways 1.38% 0.00% 2013 merger with American Airlines, brand abandoned in 2015
Others 1.68% 2.80%

Traffic figures

Hartsfield – Jackson Atlanta International Airport traffic figures 1994–2018
year Passenger numbers Air freight ( tons )
(with airmail) 		Aircraft movements (
with military)
National International transit total
2018 94.893.006 12,501,023 - 107.394.029 693.790 895.682
2017 91.869.127 12,065,290 - 103.934.417 691.269 880.342
2016 92,696,320 11,475,615 - 104.171.935 648,595 898.356
2015 90.257.803 11.233.303 - 101.491.106 626.201 882.497
2014 85.394.680 10,784,219 - 96.178.899 601.270 868.359
2013 84.173.091 10.258.133 - 94.431.224 616.365 911.074
2012 85,659,485 9,854,343 - 95,513,828 654.013 930.310
2011 82,532,069 9,856,954 - 92.389.023 663.162 923.996
2010 80.099.037 9,139,022 - 89.238.059 659.129 950.119
2009 79.061.501 8,832,195 107,685 88.001.381 563.139 970.235
2008 80.416.839 9,180,491 441.950 90.039.280 655.277 978.083
2007 79,796,551 8,897,291 685.445 89.379.287 720.209 994.346
2006 76.264.446 8,073,855 508,338 84,846,639 746.502 976.447
2005 78.774.044 6,734,452 398,927 85.907.423 767.897 980.386
2004 76,982,368 6,204,940 417.910 83,605,218 860.703 965.204
2003 73.285.922 5,501,361 300,645 79,087,928 802.248 911,727
2002 70.895.943 5,715,038 265.147 76.876.128 734.084 889.966
2001 69,896,332 5,606,617 355,551 75.858.500 735.796 890.494
2000 74.023.118 5,808,897 330.392 80.162.407 868.286 915.454
1999 72,687,942 5,055,715 349.283 78.092.940 883.149 909.911
1998 68.864.409 4,262,858 347.031 73.474.298 907.208 846.881
1997 64,359,321 3,478,870 367,578 68.205.769 864.474 794.621
1996 59.825.109 3,060,173 417,889 63.303.171 800.181 761.011
1995 54,416,051 2,906,619 412.085 57,734,755 771,390 754.108
1994 50.849.993 2,779,625 463.433 54.093.051 805.599 715.920
  1. ↑ The reconstruction of the runway 09R / 27L was completed in 1999. The original runway opened earlier.
  2. ↑ From 2010 onwards, transit passengers will no longer be recorded separately.

Busiest routes

Busiest national routes from Atlanta (2018)
rank city Passengers airline
01 Orlando , Florida 1,465,730 Delta , Frontier , JetBlue , Southwest , Spirit
02 Fort Lauderdale , Florida 1,305,400 Delta, JetBlue, Southwest, Spirit
03 New York-LaGuardia , New York 1,205,840 American / American Eagle , Delta, Frontier, Southwest
04th Los Angeles , California 1,130,290 American, Delta, Frontier, Southwest, Spirit
05 Tampa , Florida 1,033,330 Delta, Southwest, Spirit
06th Boston , Massachusetts 0.991.410 Delta, JetBlue, Southwest, Spirit
07th Dallas / Fort Worth , Texas 0.905.840 American, Delta, Spirit
08th Baltimore , Maryland 0.868.970 Delta, Southwest, Spirit
09 Chicago-O'Hare , Illinois 0.849.240 American / American Eagle, Delta, Spirit, United / United Express
10 Washington-National , Washington, DC 0.846.070 American, American Eagle, Delta, Southwest

Incidents

  • On 23 May 1960, fell Convair CV-880-22-1 of Delta Air Lines ( air vehicle registration N8804E ) on the flight 1903 during takeoff from. The plane was supposed to carry out a training flight with four crew members, and all the occupants of the plane were killed in the crash.
  • On June 8, 1995, the pilots of a DC-9-32 of the Valujet (N908VJ) aborted the take-off at Atlanta Airport. The trigger was an engine failure caused by a corroded engine component. The machine started to burn. All 62 inmates survived. The affected engine part was checked by Turkish Airlines during maintenance in 1991 .

Trivia

Hartsfield – Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the first airport to handle 100 million passengers in a year and has been the commercial airport with the highest number of passengers per year since 1998. From 2005 to 2013 and from 2014 to 2017, the airport was also the busiest in the world in terms of flight movements.

See also

Web links

Commons : Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
Wikivoyage: Hartsfield – Jackson Atlanta International Airport  Travel Guide

Individual evidence

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  15. ↑ Terminal Maps. ATL.com, accessed August 6, 2019 .
  16. ↑ About Delta TechOps. DeltaTechOps.com , accessed August 6, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Delta opens the world's largest test bench. aeroTELEGRAPH.com , February 22, 2019, accessed on August 6, 2019 (German).
  18. ^ Passenger Airlines at ATL. ATL.com, accessed August 6, 2019 .
  19. ↑ a b Flight Info. ATL.com, accessed August 6, 2019 .
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  23. ↑ Operating Statistics. Atlanta-Airport.com, archived from the original on December 14, 2001 ; accessed on August 6, 2019 .
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  26. ↑ accident report DC-9-32 N908VJ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 20 December 2018th
  27. ↑ Atlanta Airport sets the world record. aeroTELEGRAPH.com, December 28, 2015, accessed August 6, 2019 .
  28. ↑ Air Traffic Data. FlyChicago.com, accessed August 6, 2019 .
  29. ↑ Chicago overtakes Atlanta as USA's busiest airport ... sort of. USAToday.com , February 6, 2019, accessed August 6, 2019 .
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