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Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (IATA: ATL, ICAO: KATL, FAA LID: ATL) is the primary international airport serving Atlanta and its surrounding metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Georgia. The airport is located 10 mi (16 km; 8.7 nmi) south of the Downtown Atlanta district.
Reliever airports: Atlanta: FTY: FTY KFTY Fulton County Executive Airport (Charlie Brown Field) R 1,767 Atlanta / Chamblee: PDK: PDK KPDK DeKalb–Peachtree Airport: R 5,601 Atlanta / Kennesaw: RYY: KRYY Cobb County International Airport (McCollum Field) R 164 Atlanta / Lawrenceville: LZU: LZU KLZU Gwinnett County Airport (Briscoe Field) R 126 ...
Atlanta Regional Airport covers an area of 350 acres (142 ha) at an elevation of 808 feet (246 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,768 by 100 feet (1,758 x 30 m). [2] In 2016, the airport had 75,000 aircraft operations, an average of 205 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military.
A blizzard (see: 1993 Storm of the Century) caught much of the Southeast off-guard in 1993, dumping 4.5 inches (11.4 cm) at the Atlanta airport on March 13, and much more than that in the suburbs to the north and west, as well as in the mountains. Dallas, a suburb about 30 miles or 48 kilometres to the west-northwest, received 17.5 inches (44.5 ...
In early 2007, Paulding County purchased 162 acres (66 ha) of the property for a new general aviation airport (opened in 2009 as Paulding County Regional Airport); Atlanta's second commercial airport could still be built on the remaining property. [8] Paulding County is unserved by either rapid transit or freeways.
The airport covers an area of 160 acres (65 ha) at an elevation of 874 feet (266 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 6/24 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,501 by 100 feet (1,677 x 30 m).
It is designated as a reliever airport for Hartsfield-Jackson Airport and DeKalb-Peachtree Airport. Cobb County is also the primary general aviation airport for the Atlanta suburban population. As of 2006, it is the third most trafficked airport in Georgia with an average of 475 takeoffs and landings each day. [5] [7]
Gwinnett County–Briscoe Field covers an area of 520 acres (210 hectares) which contains one asphalt-paved runway designated 7/25 which measures 6,000 ft × 100 ft (1,829 m × 30 m). [ 1 ] For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2018, the airport had 82,895 aircraft operations, an average of 227 per day: 98% general aviation and 1% military.