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Hartsfield-Jackson Boasts One of the World’s Largest Passenger Complexes

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, on 3,750 acres, fills one of the
smallest footprints for a major hub airport as described in Hartsfield-Jackson’s Master Plan, yet its central passenger terminal complex is one of the world’s largest at 5.7 million square feet. The 168-gate terminal includes Concourses T, A, B, C, D and E, and the 1.7 million square-foot International Concourse connected by a 3.5 mile underground transit system. Construction has already begun on recommended expansions and improvements for the Hartsfield-Jackson Master Plan expansion, which will include a new fifth runway, an expanded international
Concourse E, consolidated car rental facilities, and an additional south terminal with
at least 29 new domestic gates. The expanded fifth runway will increase the arrival
capacity of Hartsfield-Jackson by approximately 50 percent, allowing three simultaneous takeoffs and landings.

The airport’s 225,000-square-foot atrium is a centrally located meeting area in which travelers can dine, shop or relax while waiting for a flight. Some of the atrium’s key amenities include a Business Travel Center with laptop and fax connections, a 100-seat living-room lounge area, currency exchange, shops, a full-service restaurant and a food court. During peak travel hours, multilingual translators — who altogether speak more than 20 languages — are available at the International Center at 404-530-2081 or 404-530-2082.

Outside the terminal, four parallel runways, a fifth to be completed in February 2006, handle more than 2,400 takeoffs and
landings daily. Two major airline maintenance facilities and more than 1.5 million square feet of cargo facilities operate on the
site. More than 30,000 parking spaces are available to the public, with thousands more planned.

In 1999, Hartsfield-Jackson opened its newest $34.5 million cargo facility, which added 300,000 sq. ft. to the airport-owned
cargo complex, doubling its capacity. A $4.5 million fuel pipeline to the airport’s South Cargo Complex was also completed.

Future passenger traffic and cargo volume at Hartsfield-Jackson is projected to maintain its ranking among the fastest-growing airports in the country. In 1999 the 9,000-foot south runway was reconstructed. Today, Hartsfield-Jackson is moving forward with its
$5.4 billion expansion in preparation for the 121 million annual passengers expected by the year 2010 and an Air Cargo Master Plan is underway. When the airport’s expansion program is complete, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport will be one of the few airports in the world designed to accommodate more than 100 million passengers annually.