Midtown has a decidedly more business-like
feel; it contains Atlanta's business
district and Atlantic Station. Buckhead
is where the action is - its home to
the majority of Atlanta's popular nightclubs
and bars.
East Atlanta is a residential area home
to neighborhoods like East Atlanta Village,
Virginia-Highland, Poncey-Highland and
Little Five Points. South Atlanta is
the location of Turner Field - Home
of the Atlanta Braves.
Also located in South Atlanta is William
B. Hartsfield International Airport
(ATL) the busiest airport in the world
when measuring by the number of passengers
who pass through each day. West Atlanta
is rich with history and is comprised
of the Upper Westside, Collier Heights,
Bankhead, Vine City and the Historic
West end.
You can arrange your shuttle, bus, rental
car, limousine or limo, executive car
and taxi services between William B.
Hartsfield International Airport and
any of these locations such as Atlanta
Hotels and many more by filling
in the information of your location
above. You can also find hotels
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the city.
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ATL Airport Facts
The Georgia World Congress Center is Atlanta's
convention center. The convention center
houses 420,000 square foot exhibit space.
This exhibit space also includes a ballroom.
In 2002 the state of Georgia decided
to increase exhibit capacity by nearly
50% in order to attract more conventions
to Atlanta. The state commissioned a
feasiblity study through PricewaterhouseCoopers.
The study predicted that adding the
new exhibit space would lead to annual
attendance at trade shows to increase
to 1.4 million.
The Atlanta Hartsfield airport has
an underground automated people mover.
The people mover connects the terminal
with all of the concourses. There are
9 four car trains that run every 2 minutes
on a 3.5 mile loop track.
ATL History
The Atlanta Airport is named after William
Berry Hartsfield. Hartsfield all but
single handedly made ATL a reality.
He spent 40 years in distinguished public
service and throughout his years his
dream was to build a world class airport
in his city. After much debate as to
the location of the airport the Atlanta
City Council chose a site endorsed by
Hartsfield known as Candler Field. Candler
Field was owned by the Cocal-Cola mogul
Asa Candler. Hartsfield went on to become
a long-serving mayor of Atlanta from
1938 to 1961, the year the airport terminal
was built.
The Atlanta Airport was eventually
renamed the William B. Hartsfield Atlanta
Airport on February 27, 1971. The Atlanta
Airport is a rival of Chicago O'Hare
airport who maintained a steady record
of being the busiest airport in the
world for 30 years until Hartsfield
International took the title in 1999
only to lose it back to O'Hares the
next year.
ATL Contact Information
Department of Aviation
6000 N Terminal Parkway
P.O. Box 20509 Atlanta, GA 30320
(404) 530-6600 FAX: (404) 530-6803
Distance from city: 10 miles
