"Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (IATA: ATL, ICAO: KATL, FAA LID: ATL), also known as Atlanta Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport, Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport, Atlanta Airport, Hartsfield–Jackson, and formerly as the Atlanta Municipal Airport, is the primary international airport serving Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The airport is located 10 mi (16 km) south of the Downtown Atlanta district. It is named after former Atlanta mayors William B. Hartsfield and Maynard Jackson. ATL covers 4,700 acres (1,900 ha) of land and has five parallel runways. Since 1998, Hartsfield-Jackson has been the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic. In 2022, the airport had over 93.6 million passengers, the most of any airport in the world.

"Hartsfield–Jackson is the primary hub of Delta Air Lines. With just over 1,000 flights a day to 225 domestic and international destinations, the Delta hub is the world's largest airline hub and is considered the first mega-hub in America. In addition to hosting Delta's corporate headquarters, Hartsfield–Jackson is also the home of Delta's Technical Operations Center, which is the airline's primary maintenance, repair and overhaul arm. Aside from Delta, Hartsfield-Jackson is also a focus city for low-cost carriers Frontier Airlines and Southwest Airlines. The airport has international service within North America and to Latin America, Europe, Africa, Middle East and East Asia.

"The airport is mostly in unincorporated areas of Clayton County, but it spills into the city limits of Atlanta, College Park, and Hapeville, in territory extending into Fulton County. The airport's domestic terminal is served by MARTA's Red and Gold rail lines." (Wikipedia)

"The world's busiest airports by passenger traffic are measured by total passengers (data from Airports Council International), defined as passengers enplaned plus passengers deplaned plus direct-transit passengers.

"Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport has held the top spot as the world's busiest airport each year since 1998, except for 2020, when it was temporarily unseated by Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta regained the top position in 2021. Alternatively, London has the world's busiest city airport system by passenger count.

As of 2022, the United States accounts for the top four busiest airports in the world. Eight countries have at least two airports in the top 50, with the United States at 19, Turkey with three; and France, Germany, India, Mexico, Spain, and the United Kingdom with two airports each. In terms of regions, North America has 22 airports in the top 50, followed by Europe at 11, Southeast Asia and West Asia each at five, East Asia, South Asia and South America each at two, and Oceania has one." (Wikipedia)

"According to the data, nearly 93.7 million passengers passed through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in 2022. That's an increase of 23.8% from 2021. The Atlanta airport took the top spot by a country mile - beating second-place Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport by more than 20 million passengers," the Fox 5 Atlanta says.



"Hartsfield-Jackson has kept the title for 23 of the last 24 years. It was knocked off the top spot in 2020 by China's Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport.

"ACI published their latest World Airport Traffic Dataset with passenger, cargo, and aircraft movement rankings for over 2,600 airports across more than 180 countries and territories and confirmed the top 20 busiest airports in the world."

"Airports Council International, the trade association of the world’s airports, recently released its annual ranking of the busiest airports in the world," the CNBC says.



"Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson international airport topped the list as the world’s busiest airport for the second year in a row. The airport had an increase of 23.8% to 93,699,630 passengers in 2022.

"The only year that Atlanta hasn’t been the busiest airport in the last four years was 2020 when ATL came in second behind Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in southern China."

"Atlanta is in something of a sweet spot. It’s within a two-hour flight of 80% of the US population, according to the airport, but it’s not jammed up too close to other major metro areas," the CNN reports.

"While the airport’s claim to fame is the pass-through hub traffic, it doesn’t hurt that Atlanta is a big convention, business and tourism draw, Garrow said. And when people arrive, they have the option of direct access to key areas of the city via the MARTA system. A line goes directly into the airport.

"Also, Hartsfield-Jackson has a large “catchment area” with competing airports quite a distance away, Garrow said. Larger airports such as Nashville and Charlotte are about 250 miles (400 kilometers) away – too far away to provide a whole lot in the way of competition."

"Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is yet again the busiest airport in the world, though it hasn’t quite recovered to the pre-pandemic traffic levels that made it the first airport ever to hit nine digits. The Atlanta airport saw 93.7 million passengers in 2022, shy of the historic 100 million-plus it hosted in the two years leading up to the pandemic in 2020," the Global Atlanta says.

"Hartsfield-Jackson remained 20 million passengers ahead of its closest competitor, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, which came in at 73.3 million passengers last year. It also outpaced Chicago O’Hare in aircraft movements (takeoffs and landings) another measure of airport “busyness,” according to ACI.

"Aside from Chicago, Atlanta’s stiffest competition usually comes from global airports like Beijing, London-Heathrow and Dubai, all of which have suffered from dampened international demand in the last three years."

"With a whopping 93.7 million passengers, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport was the world’s busiest airport in 2022, Airports Council International announced," the Atlanta News First says.

"Every year, the organization analyzes passenger, cargo and aircraft movement statistics for more than 2,600 airports across the world. Hartsfield–Jackson has been named the world’s busiest airport every year since 1998 — save for 2020, when China’s Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport won due to pandemic-related circumstances.

"More than 6.6 billion people flew worldwide in 2022, which is a 43.8% increase from 2021, Airports Council International said. In Atlanta, passenger volume jumped 23.8% from 2021 to 2022. Atlanta was also top of the flight movement list, which tracks takeoffs and landings. The airport clocked 724,145 in 2022."

"Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the busiest and most efficient airport in the world and, by some accounts, the best in North America. ATL is the economic jewel of Georgia, generating a $34.8 billion economic impact for metro Atlanta and providing more than 63,000 jobs on-site, making it the state’s largest employer," the official website says

"Hartsfield-Jackson is a global gateway, offering nonstop service to more than 150 domestic and 70 international destinations. These locales include major commercial centers in Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, Africa, and South and Central America. ATL also holds the distinction of being the first airport in the world to serve more than 100 million passengers in a single year.

"In many ways, Hartsfield-Jackson is more than an airport. It’s also a destination. ATL’s award-winning concessions program features more than 300 commercial venues meeting guests’ shopping, dining and service needs. And its art program integrates permanent and rotating exhibits and musical performances into the fabric of the guest experience."