ATL — Atlanta Municipal Airport
Built on a disused motor racetrack, it grew into one of the world's busiest airports by handling connecting passengers. Its terminals sit between the runways rather than beside them.
The airport
- City
- Atlanta
- Country/region
- United States of America
- Runway
- 3,776 m
- Slots
- 270
- Open
- 1926 onwards
- International flights
- Accepted
- Playable in
- US Widebody Golden Age · US Jet Age to Modern · US Low-Cost & Globalization · US Modern
Its 3,776 m runway takes 182 of the game's 182 aircraft types — up to the Airbus A380-800.
About Atlanta
Capital of Georgia and the commercial hub of the American South, built where railroads met rather than on any river or coast. That crossroads role carried straight into aviation.
Population about 5,280,000 at the game's 2010 snapshot.
Atlanta is a business market: its traffic comes from companies and connections rather than from holidays, which rewards frequency over seat count.