Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
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| Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International
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| IATA: ATL - ICAO: KATL | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type
| Public | ||
| Operator
| City of Atlanta | ||
| Serves
| Atlanta, Georgia | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1062 ft (313 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Website
| http://www.atlanta-airport.com | ||
| Parts of this article may come from Wikipedia | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 08L/26R | 9000 | 2743 | Concrete |
| 08R/26L | 10000 | 3048 | Concrete |
| 09L/27R | 11890 | 3624 | Concrete |
| 09R/27L | 9001 | 2743 | Concrete |
| 10/28 | 9000 | 2743 | Concrete |
Contents |
General
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, locally known as Atlanta Airport, Hartsfield Airport, Hartsfield-Jackson, or simply Hartsfield, is located seven miles south of the central business district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It has been the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic as well as landings and take-offs. Additionally, Delta Air Lines operates the world's largest airline hub from the airport. AirTran Airways also operates its largest hub at the airport.
Hartsfield held its ranking as the world's busiest airport in 2006, both in terms of passengers and number of flights, by accommodating 84.8 million passengers and 976,447 flights respectively. Many of these flights are domestic flights from within the United States where Atlanta serves as a major transfer point for flights to and from smaller cities throughout the Southern United States. Fifty-seven percent of Hartsfield-Jackson's airport passengers do not stay in Atlanta but go on connection flights elsewhere. As an international gateway to the United States, Hartsfield-Jackson ranks seventh; JFK International in New York City is first. However, the airport is increasingly becoming a major gateway for passengers boarding flights for other countries. In the first half of 2007 Atlanta's airport had one of the fastest rates of international passenger growth in the nation with international traffic jumping 12.5 percent over the first six months of the previous year. More than 1.96 million passengers boarded international flights at Hartsfield-Jackson from January through June of 2007, ranking it No. 2 in the nation behind Miami for the total number of international enplanements.
The Atlanta airport has more nonstop flights and destinations than any airline hub in the world. It serves 243 nonstop destinations, including 72 international destinations in 45 countries.
The airport is located partly within the southern city limits of Atlanta and is adjacent to the city of College Park, Georgia, which is south of the city limits of Atlanta. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the primary hub of Delta Air Lines, AirTran Airways, Delta Connection, and Atlantic Southeast Airlines. The airport is located mostly in unincorporated areas in Fulton and Clayton counties; the city limits of College Park, East Point, and Hapeville extend to the airport grounds.
The airport employs approximately 55,300 airline, ground transportation, concessionaire, security, federal government, City of Atlanta and Airport tenant employees and is considered the largest employment center in the State of Georgia. With a payroll of $2.4 billion, the airport has a direct and indirect economic impact of $5.6 billion on the local and regional economy and a total annual, regional economic impact of more than $18.7 billion.
Gate Assignment
MetroAir operates out of the Main Terminal at KATL. All aircraft utilize gate E8. (FS9 Gate E8)
Flight Planning Resources
- Airport Diagram
- Terminal Procedures - contains SID, STAR and IAP
IFR Routes
Pilots should add their IFR route plans originating from KATL here as a central repository for their fellow pilots.
| Destination | Route | Suggested Altitude | Charts | Preferred | Comments |
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| KDTW | SUMMT1 VXV J91 HNN WEEDA1 | 29,000 Range: FL190-410 (odd) | KATL KDTW | 
| N/A |
Available Sceneries
| FS version | pay-/freeware | developer | available updates |
|---|---|---|---|
| FS9 | payware | MegaCity USA2005 Atlanta | none |
| FS9 | payware | SimFlyers - Atlanta Hartsfield v2.0 | none |
| FS9 | freeware | AVSIM - Adam J. Sereika - KATL2005 | AVSIM - Brittany Pierce Sventon - 2006 upgrades - may 2006 |
| FS9 | freeware | AVSIM - FRF Studio - KATL v2 - june 2007 | none |
| FS9 | freeware | AVSIM - Smith Designs - KATL v1.5 - january 2007 | AVSIM - Smith Designs - fix |
| FSX | payware | ImagineSim - april/may 2008? - not yet released! | none |
| FSX | freeware | AVSIM - Smith Designs - KATL v1.0 | AVSIM - Smith Designs - 1.1 fix |
