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title: "Is Hartsfield-Jackson the Only Airport in Atlanta?"
description: "Atlanta.com says only ATL handles large-scale airline service and PDK, FTY and the other nearby airports are general aviation. Codes and distances."
url: "https://atlairportguide.com/guides/hartsfield-jackson-only-airport-atlanta/"
updated: "2026-11-15"
airport: "ATL"
type: "guide"
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> Independent guide, not the official ATL website. All pages: https://atlairportguide.com/llms.txt

# 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.

Published November 15, 2026

![The air traffic control tower at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport rising above the apron.](https://atlairportguide.com/images/atl/atl-control-tower-v6.webp)

Control tower, ATL

For airline tickets, yes. Atlanta.com says only ATL handles large-scale commercial airline service for the area, and ATL’s fact sheet lists Hartsfield-Jackson as the airport for Delta, American, United, Southwest, JetBlue, Frontier and Alaska. Atlanta.com says the smaller airports around the metro area mainly serve private, corporate, flight school and charter traffic, but it also says they handle private, regional and limited commercial flights. One of them, Atlanta Regional Airport, has “Atlanta” in its name.

## The airports people mix up with ATL

ATL’s fact sheet puts the airport 10 miles from downtown Atlanta. The others in the table come from atlanta.com, which gives approximate road distances from downtown.

| Airport | Code | What atlanta.com says it’s used for | Distance from downtown |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International | ATL | Major commercial flights, domestic and international | 10 miles per ATL’s fact sheet. Atlanta.com says about 7 miles south on one page and about 10 miles south on the other. |
| DeKalb-Peachtree (Chamblee) | PDK | General aviation, business jets, charters, flight training | about 10 to 12 miles northeast |
| Fulton County Airport (Brown Field) | FTY | General aviation, corporate and air taxi | about 7 to 8 miles west |
| Cobb County International (McCollum Field, Kennesaw) | RYY | General aviation and regional business aviation | about 25 miles northwest |
| Atlanta Regional Airport (Falcon Field, Peachtree City) | FFC | General aviation and flight schools | about 30 miles southwest |
| Gwinnett County Airport (Briscoe Field) | LZU | Private aircraft and flight training | about 35 miles northeast |

## How to be sure you’re booked into ATL

Check the airport code on your ticket. If it’s ATL, you’re going to Hartsfield-Jackson. A ticket to PDK, FTY, RYY, FFC or LZU is a different airport.

ATL’s fact sheet lists the passenger airlines that serve Atlanta, and our [airlines pages](https://atlairportguide.com/airlines/) say where most of them check in. Our [flights page](https://atlairportguide.com/flights/) links each airline’s page with its check-in counters. Spirit and Southern Airways Express are on the fact sheet but have no check-in location listed, so ask those airlines.

## Getting from ATL to the city

ATL’s fact sheet puts MARTA train service in the Ground Transportation Center at the west end of the Domestic Terminal. MARTA’s airport page says the Airport Station is inside the Domestic Terminal, between the North and South baggage claims. Our [MARTA rail page](https://atlairportguide.com/transport/marta-rail/) covers the ride, and our [Terminal page](https://atlairportguide.com/terminals/terminal/) shows where the Domestic Terminal sits.

## Sources

- Our [airlines pages](https://atlairportguide.com/airlines/), [MARTA rail page](https://atlairportguide.com/transport/marta-rail/) and [Terminal page](https://atlairportguide.com/terminals/terminal/)
- ATL fact sheet, published by Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- MARTA’s airport page
- atlanta.com, “Does Atlanta have two airports” and “Are there 2 airports in Atlanta”