Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, in Atlanta, Georgia, has for decades ranked as the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic, serving as the primary hub for Delta Air Lines. It handles enormous volumes of connecting traffic between the eastern and western United States and to destinations worldwide, operating multiple parallel runways to sustain its exceptionally high flight frequency. The airport grew from a modest municipal airfield opened in the 1920s into the vast multi-terminal complex it is today, reflecting Atlanta's rise as a national transportation and logistics center.
Facts
Completion Year SignificanceSince 1998, Hartsfield-Jackson has been the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic (aside from a 2020 dip caused by COVID-19 travel restrictions); in 2025 it served 106.3 million passengers, the most of any airport in the world. 1 Connections
Exemplifies
Hartsfield-Jackson is Delta Air Lines' largest hub, the textbook example of the hub-and-spoke model in US commercial aviation.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
WikipediaCandler Field/Atlanta Municipal Airport (1925-1961) section
The first flight into Candler Field was September 15, 1926, a Florida Airways mail plane flying from Jacksonville, Florida.
Introduction, second paragraph
Since 1998, Hartsfield-Jackson has been the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic, except 2020, when its passenger traffic dipped for that year due to travel restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Introduction, ranking history
Since 1998, Hartsfield-Jackson has been the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic.
In Group: Major International Airports, Lead sentence
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (IATA: ATL, ICAO: KATL, FAA LID: ATL) is the primary international airport serving Atlanta and its surrounding metropolitan area in the U.S.
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