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Atlanta claimed to be the country's busiest airport, with more than two million passengers passing through in 1957 and, between noon and 2 p.m. each day, it became the world's busiest airport. [23] (The April 1957 OAG shows 165 weekday departures from Atlanta, including 45 between 12:05 and 2:00 PM and 20 between 2:25 and 4:25 AM.)
From its incorporation in 1847, the municipal boundaries of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were extended repeatedly from a small area around its railroad station to today's city covering 131.7 square miles (341 km 2). Prior to 1954, Atlanta was divided into political divisions called wards. The number of wards were increased as the city grew.
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[2] The primary responsibility of Atlanta Center is sequencing and separation of over-flights, arrivals, and departures in order to provide safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of aircraft. Atlanta Center is the busiest air traffic control facility in the United States. In 2024, Atlanta Center handled 3,104,115 aircraft operations.
Situated 10 miles (16 km) south of downtown, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (IATA: ATL, ICAO: KATL) is the world's busiest airport. [34] Hartsfield-Jackson offers air service to over 150 U.S. destinations and more than 70 international destinations in 43 countries, with over 2,100 arrivals and departures daily. [ 35 ]
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The system opened on December 8, 2009, to connect the airport's domestic terminal with the newly opened rental car center and Gateway Center of the Georgia International Convention Center. Unlike The Plane Train , which is underground inside the secure zone of the airport, the ATL SkyTrain is located outside the airport's secure zone and is ...
The city of Atlanta, Georgia is made up of 243 neighborhoods officially defined by the city. [1] These neighborhoods are a mix of traditional neighborhoods, subdivisions , or groups of subdivisions. The neighborhoods are grouped by the city planning department into 25 neighborhood planning units (NPUs).