The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport lies 11km south of the centre of Atlanta, Georgia. Its IATA & FAA code is ATL and its ICAO code is KATL. It rates number one in passenger traffic, take-offs and landings. The airlines adopting it as their main hub include Delta Air Lines, AirTran Airways, Delta Connections’ Shuttle America and Atlantic Southeast Airlines. The Delta hub is the largest hub in the world that any airline has used. 

Ranked first in 2007 as far as passenger and air traffic is concerned, the airport saw 89 million passengers and a little less than a million flights that year. The airport has 2 terminals leading to 6 concourses that are interconnected by moving walkways and people movers.  It also has its own train station, MARTA, that runs on rapid-transit system and is located between the north and south terminals.

There are 5 runways, the fifth of which was constructed as recently as 2001. The new control tower built along with this runway is said to be the tallest control tower in the U. S., with a height of 398 feet.  Road transportation to the city includes metered and shared taxis, limousines and buses.

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