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Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), known locally as Atlanta Airport, Hartsfield Airport, Hartsfield-Jackson is located seven miles (11 km) south of the central business district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It has been the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic as well as landings and take-offs. Additionally, Delta Air Lines operates the world's largest airline hub from the airport. AirTran Airways also operates its largest hub at the airport. The airport is the primary hub of Delta Air Lines, AirTran Airways, Delta Connection, and Atlantic Southeast Airlines.
Hartsfield held its ranking as the world's busiest airport in 2006, both in terms of passengers and number of flights, by accommodating 84.8 million passengers and 976,447 flights respectively. Many of these flights are domestic flights from within the United States where Atlanta serves as a major transfer point for flights to and from smaller cities throughout the Southern United States. Fifty-seven percent of Hartsfield-Jackson's airport passengers do not stay in Atlanta but go on connection flights elsewhere.
As an international gateway to the United States, Hartsfield-Jackson ranks seventh; John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City is first. However, the airport is increasingly becoming a major gateway for passengers boarding flights for other countries. In the first half of 2007 Atlanta's airport had one of the fastest rates of international passenger growth in the nation with international traffic jumping 12.5 percent over the first six months of the previous year. More than 1.96 million passengers boarded international flights at Hartsfield-Jackson from January through June of 2007, ranking it No. 2 in the nation behind Miami International Airport for the total number of international enplanements.
The Atlanta airport has more nonstop flights and destinations than any airline hub in the world. It serves 243 nonstop destinations, including 72 international destinations in 45 countries. Hartsfield-Jackson is one of only a few airports that can perform triple simultaneous landings.
The airport is located partly within the city of College Park, Georgia, which is south of the city limits of Atlanta, but is located mostly in unincorporated areas in Fulton and Clayton counties; the city limits of College Park, East Point, and Hapeville extend to the airport grounds.
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