The first flight into Candler Field was September 15, 1926, a Florida Airways mail plane flying from Jacksonville, Florida. As part of the agreement, the property was renamed Candler Field after its former owner, Coca-Cola tycoon and former Atlanta mayor Asa Candler. The lease was signed on April 16, 1925, by Mayor Walter Sims, who committed the city to develop it into an airfield. Hartsfield–Jackson began with a five-year, rent-free lease on 287 acres (116 ha) that was an abandoned auto racetrack named The Atlanta Speedway.
The airport's domestic terminal is served by MARTA's Red and Gold rail lines.Ī view of the International Concourse E and control tower at night Candler Field/Atlanta Municipal Airport (1925–1961) The airport is mostly in unincorporated areas of Clayton County, but it spills into the city limits of Atlanta, College Park, and Hapeville, with territory extending into Fulton county. The airport has international service within North America and to Latin America, Europe, Africa, Middle East and East Asia. Aside from Delta, Hartsfield-Jackson is also a focus city for low-cost carriers Frontier Airlines and Southwest Airlines. 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. 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. Hartsfield–Jackson is the primary hub of Delta Air Lines. The list of the world's busiest airports shows "an encouraging trend of recovery," Luis Felipe de Oliveira, ACI World's director general, said in a statement. Hartsfield-Jackson has been the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic since 1998, briefly losing its title in 2020 due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and regaining it in 2021. ATL covers 4,700 acres (1,902 ha) of land and has five parallel runways. It is named after former Atlanta mayors William B. The airport is located 7 mi (11 km) south of the Downtown Atlanta district. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport ( IATA: ATL, ICAO: KATL, FAA LID: ATL), also known as Atlanta Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport, Atlanta Airport, Hartsfield, Hartsfield–Jackson, is the primary international airport serving Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Source: Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport
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