• Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the largest structure owned by the City of Atlanta
  • Seven 30-story office buildings could be constructed in the terminal space of the Atlanta airport
  • In 1912 thousands of Atlanta residents flocked to a racetrack to see a new kind of race: an airplane vs. a Sterns race car, which won by 4 seconds
  • Atlanta is closer to Chicago than New York, Philadelphia, or Baltimore
  • For every ton of international cargo that moves through the Atlanta Airport, one new job is created
  • One Flew South on concourse E is ranked consistently as one of the best airport restaurants in the world
  • Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport’s runways run east-west, parallel with the prevailing winds
  • There are more than 25,000 seats in the Atlanta Airport, not counting the 1,296 toilets