The airline hub

How ATL works for the airline that runs its hub here: where it checks in, which concourses it flies from, how its connections move between them and what to do when one goes wrong. Each guide answers one question about flying that airline through ATL.

• Connecting through ATL on Delta: how it works

  Delta Help Desks sit in five ATL concourses and the Plane Train waits under two minutes. See Delta's desks, Sky Club hours and what's unpublished.

  • Where Delta’s desks and clubs are
  • How the Plane Train fits a tight connection
  • Connecting from an international flight
  • If you miss the connection
• Delta check-in at ATL: Domestic and International Terminals, plus curbside

  Delta checks in at both ATL terminals. ATL lists one curbside desk, at the Domestic Terminal. Bag cutoffs and the shuttle between the terminals.

  • Where the desks and the curbside desk are
  • Which terminal for your flight
  • How early to check in
• Delta help desks at Atlanta airport: where they are and what to do after a missed connection

  Delta help desks sit on Concourses A, B, C, E and F. Delta says rebook in the app or at a kiosk, and ask an airport agent about hotel and meal vouchers.

  • Where the desks are
  • After a missed connection
  • What to ask a person for
  • Reaching Delta without a desk
• Delta Sky Clubs at Atlanta airport: which one to use, and who gets in

  Delta runs eight Sky Clubs at ATL, two on Concourse A. Most travelers can enter 3 hours before departure, and Delta no longer sells single-visit passes.

  • The eight clubs and their hours
  • Which one to pick
  • Who gets into a Delta Sky Club
  • No way into a Sky Club