Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (IATA: ATL, ICAO: KATL, FAA LID: ATL), known locally as Atlanta Airport, Hartsfield Airport, and Hartsfield–Jackson, is located seven miles (11 km) south of the central business district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic, serving 88 million passengers per year, as well as by number of landings and take-offs.^[2] The airport is the primary hub of Delta Air Lines, AirTran Airways, and Delta Connection partner Atlantic Southeast Airlines; the Delta hub is the world's largest airline hub. Delta Air Lines flew 55.96% of passengers from the airport in 2009, AirTran flew 17.75%, and Atlantic Southeast Airlines flew 14.35%.^[3] The airport has 151 domestic and 28 international gates.^[4]

Hartsfield–Jackson held its ranking as the world's busiest airport in 2008, both in terms of passengers and number of flights, by accommodating 88 million passengers and 970,235 flights.^[3] Many of the nearly one million flights are domestic flights from within the United States where Atlanta serves as a major hub for travel throughout the Southeastern United States.

Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport has international service to North America, South America, Central America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. As an international gateway to the United States, Hartsfield–Jackson ranks seventh.^[3]

The airport is located mostly in unincorporated areas in Fulton and Clayton counties; the city limits of Atlanta,^[5] College Park,^[6] and Hapeville extend to the airport grounds.^[7] The airport is served by MARTA's Red/Gold rail line.

Contents [hide] 1 History 2 Expansion 2.1 Hartsfield–Jackson Rental Car Center 2.2 Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr. International Terminal 3 Layout 3.1 The Automated People Mover 3.2 MARTA Station 4 Airlines and destinations 4.1 Atlantic Aviation 5 Cargo airlines 6 Accidents and incidents 6.1 Accidents en route 6.2 Incidents 6.3 Chemical spills 6.4 Security incidents 6.5 Crime 6.6 Lightning strike 7 In culture 8 Other notes 9 See also 10 References 11 External links