Atlanta itself

The neighborhoods and places visitors head for from ATL, with how to reach each from the airport and what the trip costs. These guides stop where a city guide would start: they answer the getting-there question, not what to do once you arrive.

• How Many Gates and Terminals Does Atlanta Airport Have?

  ATL lists 198 gates (155 domestic, 43 international) across 2 terminals and 7 concourses. Gates per concourse, and what it means for your walk.

  • How the terminals and concourses fit together
  • Gates on each concourse
  • Reaching your concourse
  • Between the two terminals
  • What the airport doesn’t publish
  • Sources
• Is ATL the world's busiest airport? What it means for you

  ATL says it's the world's busiest, at 286,000 passengers a day. See what that means for your trip: seven concourses, two terminals and one train.

  • What ATL’s fact sheet gives
  • How “busiest” is counted
  • Seven concourses
  • The Plane Train
  • Two terminals
  • Does busiest mean long lines?
• Is Hartsfield-Jackson the Only Airport in Atlanta?

  Atlanta.com says only ATL handles large-scale airline service and PDK, FTY and the other nearby airports are general aviation. Codes and distances.

  • The airports people mix up with ATL
  • How to be sure you’re booked into ATL
  • Getting from ATL to the city
  • Sources
• One day in Atlanta before your flight home: a MARTA day plan and when to leave

  Pick a MARTA stop near Peachtree Center, Midtown or the King sites, then count back from ATL's two-hour domestic and three-hour international advice.

  • Pick a cluster of stops
  • Count back from your flight
  • Late flights and the International Terminal
  • Your bags
• Where to stay in Atlanta by neighborhood: downtown, Midtown, Buckhead or the airport

  Downtown and Midtown hotels sit on MARTA's Red Line, Buckhead is 32 minutes from Airport, and four airport hotels are on a free 24-hour SkyTrain.

  • What the ride from the airport costs
  • Downtown keeps the sights within walking distance
  • Midtown has the arts and the parks
  • Buckhead is a Red Line stay
  • By the airport, for early flights and late landings
• Who Is Atlanta Airport Named After, and What Does ATL Stand For?

  Wikipedia and atlanta.com say Hartsfield-Jackson is named for two former Atlanta mayors, William B. Hartsfield and Maynard H. Jackson Jr. ATL is the code.

  • Hartsfield came first, and Jackson was added later
  • Where you’ll see the Jackson name
  • Sources
• Your first day in Atlanta after a long flight: MARTA downtown and what's near the stops

  MARTA leaves from the Domestic Terminal for $2.50. Peachtree Center is the stop for the Georgia Aquarium, World of Coca-Cola and Centennial Olympic Park.

  • Boarding at the Domestic Terminal
  • What’s near each stop
  • A first afternoon at Peachtree Center
  • Four downtown hotels and how they connect
  • If the train feels like too much