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The airport's weather station became the official location for Atlanta's weather observations on September 1, 1928, and records by the National Weather Service. [21] Atlanta was a busy airport from its inception, and by the end of 1930, it was third behind New York City and Chicago for regular daily flights with sixteen arriving and departing. [22]
The Richard B. Russell Federal Building is a 26-story International style building in Atlanta, Georgia, housing U.S. government agency offices and federal courts. [4]The building was constructed in 1978, on the site of the former Terminal Station, [5] which was razed in 1972, except for one platform retained by Southern Railway for its use.
The Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) is a convention center in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Enclosing some 3.9 million ft 2 (360,000 m 2) [2] [3] in exhibition space and hosting more than a million visitors each year, the GWCC is the world's largest LEED certified convention center and the fourth-largest convention center in the United States. [4]
Prior to 2003, the Georgia International Convention Center was located behind and connected with the Sheraton Atlanta Airport Hotel on Riverdale Road. However, because of runway expansion at the airport, they were forced to move to the current location. [4] The previous location was demolished, followed by the implosion of the former Sheraton ...
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, the busiest airport in North America since 1998 and busiest airport in the world since 2022. This is a list of the 50 busiest airports in North America. List is ranked by total passengers per year. Data is sourced from annual reports provided by Airports Council International ...
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is leading a team of US investigators, including from Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), to assist South Korean authorities with ...
The Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center is the ninth largest federal building in the United States and the largest in the southeast. [1] The building houses 5,000 employees for dozens of federal agencies and combines four distinct structural elements in central downtown, equaling 1,870,000 square feet (174,000 m 2 ).
The State of Georgia Building (also known as 2 Peachtree Street and previously known as the First National Bank Building [6]) is a 44-story, 566 feet (173 m) skyscraper located in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Built in 1966, the building was the tallest building in the Southeast at the time. [2]