--- title: "Atlanta itself · ATL Airport Guide" description: "Every ATL guide on atlanta itself: 7 guides, each answering one question. They include how Many Gates and Terminals Does Atlanta Airport Have?" url: "https://atlairportguide.com/guides/atlanta-itself/" updated: "2026-11-15" airport: "ATL" type: "guide" --- > Independent guide, not the official ATL website. All pages: https://atlairportguide.com/llms.txt # Atlanta itself Every ATL guide on atlanta itself: 7 guides, each answering one question. They include how Many Gates and Terminals Does Atlanta Airport Have? Updated November 15, 2026 The neighborhoods and places visitors head for from ATL, with how to reach each from the airport and what the trip costs. These guides stop where a city guide would start: they answer the getting-there question, not what to do once you arrive. ![Worn hand-cut tiles of the city-map floor mosaic at the center of Concourse A, Atlanta airport.](https://atlairportguide.com/images/atl/concourse-c-long-gate-hall-v15-800.webp) [How Many Gates and Terminals Does Atlanta Airport Have?](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/how-many-gates-terminals-does-atlanta-airport-have/) ATL lists 198 gates (155 domestic, 43 international) across 2 terminals and 7 concourses. Gates per concourse, and what it means for your walk. - [How the terminals and concourses fit together](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/how-many-gates-terminals-does-atlanta-airport-have/#how-the-terminals-and-concourses-fit-together) - [Gates on each concourse](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/how-many-gates-terminals-does-atlanta-airport-have/#gates-on-each-concourse) - [Reaching your concourse](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/how-many-gates-terminals-does-atlanta-airport-have/#reaching-your-concourse) - [Between the two terminals](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/how-many-gates-terminals-does-atlanta-airport-have/#between-the-two-terminals) - [What the airport doesn’t publish](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/how-many-gates-terminals-does-atlanta-airport-have/#what-the-airport-doesnt-publish) - [Sources](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/how-many-gates-terminals-does-atlanta-airport-have/#sources) ![Hartsfield-Jackson airport seen through an airliner window on approach, with long parallel concourses and runways laid out among suburbs, highways and trees.](https://atlairportguide.com/images/atl/concourse-a-window-apron-v22-800.webp) [Is ATL the world's busiest airport? What it means for you](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/atlanta-airport-really-busiest-world/) ATL says it's the world's busiest, at 286,000 passengers a day. See what that means for your trip: seven concourses, two terminals and one train. - [What ATL’s fact sheet gives](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/atlanta-airport-really-busiest-world/#what-atls-fact-sheet-gives) - [How “busiest” is counted](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/atlanta-airport-really-busiest-world/#how-busiest-is-counted) - [Seven concourses](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/atlanta-airport-really-busiest-world/#seven-concourses) - [The Plane Train](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/atlanta-airport-really-busiest-world/#the-plane-train) - [Two terminals](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/atlanta-airport-really-busiest-world/#two-terminals) - [Does busiest mean long lines?](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/atlanta-airport-really-busiest-world/#does-busiest-mean-long-lines) ![The air traffic control tower at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport rising above the apron.](https://atlairportguide.com/images/atl/atl-control-tower-v6-800.webp) [Is Hartsfield-Jackson the Only Airport in Atlanta?](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/hartsfield-jackson-only-airport-atlanta/) Atlanta.com says only ATL handles large-scale airline service and PDK, FTY and the other nearby airports are general aviation. Codes and distances. - [The airports people mix up with ATL](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/hartsfield-jackson-only-airport-atlanta/#the-airports-people-mix-up-with-atl) - [How to be sure you’re booked into ATL](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/hartsfield-jackson-only-airport-atlanta/#how-to-be-sure-youre-booked-into-atl) - [Getting from ATL to the city](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/hartsfield-jackson-only-airport-atlanta/#getting-from-atl-to-the-city) - [Sources](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/hartsfield-jackson-only-airport-atlanta/#sources) ![The High Museum of Art in Midtown Atlanta seen from its ramp walk across the lawn.](https://atlairportguide.com/images/atl/high-museum-arts-center-v3-800.webp) [One day in Atlanta before your flight home: a MARTA day plan and when to leave](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/one-day-atlanta-before-flight-home/) Pick a MARTA stop near Peachtree Center, Midtown or the King sites, then count back from ATL's two-hour domestic and three-hour international advice. - [Pick a cluster of stops](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/one-day-atlanta-before-flight-home/#pick-a-cluster-of-stops) - [Count back from your flight](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/one-day-atlanta-before-flight-home/#count-back-from-your-flight) - [Late flights and the International Terminal](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/one-day-atlanta-before-flight-home/#late-flights-and-the-international-terminal) - [Your bags](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/one-day-atlanta-before-flight-home/#your-bags) ![The open lawn of Piedmont Park with the Midtown towers beyond the trees.](https://atlairportguide.com/images/atl/piedmont-park-midtown-skyline-v4-800.webp) [Where to stay in Atlanta by neighborhood: downtown, Midtown, Buckhead or the airport](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/where-stay-atlanta-neighborhood/) Downtown and Midtown hotels sit on MARTA's Red Line, Buckhead is 32 minutes from Airport, and four airport hotels are on a free 24-hour SkyTrain. - [What the ride from the airport costs](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/where-stay-atlanta-neighborhood/#what-the-ride-from-the-airport-costs) - [Downtown keeps the sights within walking distance](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/where-stay-atlanta-neighborhood/#downtown-keeps-the-sights-within-walking-distance) - [Midtown has the arts and the parks](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/where-stay-atlanta-neighborhood/#midtown-has-the-arts-and-the-parks) - [Buckhead is a Red Line stay](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/where-stay-atlanta-neighborhood/#buckhead-is-a-red-line-stay) - [By the airport, for early flights and late landings](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/where-stay-atlanta-neighborhood/#by-the-airport-for-early-flights-and-late-landings) ![The front of the Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal at Atlanta airport seen from the curving entrance roadway.](https://atlairportguide.com/images/atl/intl-terminal-exterior-front-v5-800.webp) [Who Is Atlanta Airport Named After, and What Does ATL Stand For?](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/who-atlanta-airport-named-after-what-does-atl-stand/) Wikipedia and atlanta.com say Hartsfield-Jackson is named for two former Atlanta mayors, William B. Hartsfield and Maynard H. Jackson Jr. ATL is the code. - [Hartsfield came first, and Jackson was added later](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/who-atlanta-airport-named-after-what-does-atl-stand/#hartsfield-came-first-and-jackson-was-added-later) - [Where you’ll see the Jackson name](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/who-atlanta-airport-named-after-what-does-atl-stand/#where-youll-see-the-jackson-name) - [Sources](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/who-atlanta-airport-named-after-what-does-atl-stand/#sources) ![The brick walk and lawn of Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta, with a stone column and the cylindrical glass tower beyond the trees.](https://atlairportguide.com/images/atl/centennial-olympic-park-lawn-v4-800.webp) [Your first day in Atlanta after a long flight: MARTA downtown and what's near the stops](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/first-day-atlanta-after-long-flight/) MARTA leaves from the Domestic Terminal for $2.50. Peachtree Center is the stop for the Georgia Aquarium, World of Coca-Cola and Centennial Olympic Park. - [Boarding at the Domestic Terminal](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/first-day-atlanta-after-long-flight/#boarding-at-the-domestic-terminal) - [What’s near each stop](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/first-day-atlanta-after-long-flight/#whats-near-each-stop) - [A first afternoon at Peachtree Center](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/first-day-atlanta-after-long-flight/#a-first-afternoon-at-peachtree-center) - [Four downtown hotels and how they connect](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/first-day-atlanta-after-long-flight/#four-downtown-hotels-and-how-they-connect) - [If the train feels like too much](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/first-day-atlanta-after-long-flight/#if-the-train-feels-like-too-much)