--- title: "Getting from ATL to where you are going · ATL Airport Guide" description: "How to get from Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Downtown Atlanta, Buckhead, Midtown, Georgia Aquarium and downtown sights and more." url: "https://atlairportguide.com/to/" updated: "2026-11-15" airport: "ATL" type: "directory" --- > Independent guide, not the official ATL website. All pages: https://atlairportguide.com/llms.txt # Getting from ATL to where you are going How to get from Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Downtown Atlanta, Buckhead, Midtown, Georgia Aquarium and downtown sights and more, every way compared. Published November 15, 2026 More in our guide: [Your first day in Atlanta after a long flight: MARTA downtown and what's near the stops](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/first-day-atlanta-after-long-flight/). Each page compares the ways to reach one place from Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport: the time, the cost, and the first and last departure from the airport, from published timetables, fares and the airport's own transport records. Where a source did not publish a number, the page says so instead of guessing. ## Places compared from ATL ### [Atlanta Airport to Downtown Atlanta](https://atlairportguide.com/to/downtown-atlanta/) Downtown Atlanta: Five Points and Peachtree Center Take MARTA. It costs $2.50 and reaches Five Points in about 16 minutes (MARTA's average for the station; the Gold line timetable gives 17). A taxi is a flat $37.50 for one rider and UberX averages $35. Compared: MARTA rail, Shared-ride van, Taxi, Rideshare ### [Atlanta Airport to Buckhead](https://atlairportguide.com/to/buckhead/) Buckhead, including Lenox Square and Phipps Plaza Buckhead has its own station on MARTA's Red Line, so the ride is direct for $2.50 while Red trains are leaving Airport Station. On weekday nights you change at Lindbergh Center, or you take a car. Compared: MARTA Red Line, direct, MARTA Gold, change at Lindbergh Center, MARTA Gold, direct to Lenox, Shared-ride van, Taxi, Rideshare ### [Atlanta Airport to Midtown](https://atlairportguide.com/to/midtown/) Midtown Atlanta: Fox Theatre, High Museum, Woodruff Arts Center, Piedmont Park Midtown is one train from the Domestic Terminal with no change. The Red and Gold lines both go there for $2.50; pick North Avenue, Midtown or Arts Center by what is on your list. Compared: MARTA rail, MARTA rail, MARTA rail, Shared-ride van, Taxi, Rideshare ### [Atlanta Airport to the Georgia Aquarium and Downtown Sights](https://atlairportguide.com/to/georgia-aquarium-downtown-sights/) Downtown Atlanta: Georgia Aquarium, World of Coca-Cola, Centennial Olympic Park, the arenas and the stadium Get off at Peachtree Center for the Georgia Aquarium. The Red and Gold lines both stop there, so you do not change trains, and the fare is $2.50. For the arenas and the stadium, change at Five Points. Compared: MARTA rail to Peachtree Center, MARTA rail, change at Five Points, MARTA rail, change at Five Points ### [Atlanta Airport to Georgia Tech](https://atlairportguide.com/to/georgia-tech/) Georgia Tech campus, Midtown Atlanta Georgia Tech is a direct MARTA ride on the Red or Gold line for $2.50. Discover Atlanta lists the campus under two stations, North Avenue and Midtown, back to back on both lines. Compared: MARTA rail, MARTA rail, Taxi, Rideshare ### [Atlanta Airport to Mercedes-Benz Stadium for a Falcons or Atlanta United Game](https://atlairportguide.com/to/mercedes-benz-stadium/) Mercedes-Benz Stadium, State Farm Arena and the Georgia World Congress Center It is one MARTA change from the Domestic Terminal to the stadium. Ride Red or Gold to Five Points, change to a Blue or Green train, and get off at SEC District or Vine City. You pay $2.50 once. Compared: MARTA rail to SEC District, MARTA rail to Vine City ### [Atlanta Airport to Truist Park for a Braves Game](https://atlairportguide.com/to/truist-park/) Truist Park and The Battery Atlanta, Cumberland, Cobb County Truist Park is 10 miles northwest of downtown, in Cobb County. No airport page names it as a destination, so no way here has an airport fare: rideshare is priced in the app, and MARTA takes a train, a bus and a change. Compared: Rideshare, Taxi or local shared-ride shuttle, MARTA rail, MARTA Route 12 and CobbLinc, Rental car ### [Atlanta Airport to Decatur](https://atlairportguide.com/to/decatur/) Decatur Square, DeKalb County Decatur is a two-train trip. Ride the Red or Gold line from the airport to Five Points, change to the Blue Line toward Indian Creek, and get off at Decatur. The fare is $2.50 and MARTA lists 29 minutes. Compared: MARTA Red or Gold, change to Blue at Five Points, Taxi ### [Atlanta Airport to Athens, Georgia](https://atlairportguide.com/to/athens-georgia/) Athens, home of the University of Georgia Greyhound lists an Atlanta Airport stop on its Atlanta to Athens route, with a fastest trip of 1 hour 25 minutes and fares from $15.48. Neither ATL nor the bus pages publish a driving time. Compared: Greyhound, Rental car, Regional shared-ride van, Car service ### [Atlanta Airport to Savannah](https://atlairportguide.com/to/savannah/) Savannah, Georgia Rent a car at the 24-hour Rental Car Center or take a bus: Greyhound and FlixBus both print a minimum trip of 3 hours 10 minutes and fares from $39.98. ATL publishes no drive time or route to Savannah. Compared: Rental car, Greyhound or FlixBus, Regional shared-ride shuttle ### [Atlanta Airport to Downtown Atlanta for Dragon Con](https://atlairportguide.com/to/dragon-con-downtown/) Downtown Atlanta convention hotels, including the Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta Marriott Marquis and Hilton Atlanta For Dragon Con, MARTA is the cheapest of the three ways downtown at $2.50. A ride puts you at the hotel door if you are hauling costume cases, and it skips the crowded train on parade morning. Compared: MARTA rail, Rideshare, Taxi