--- title: "Bags and lost property · ATL Airport Guide" description: "Every ATL guide on bags and lost property: 4 guides, each answering one question." url: "https://atlairportguide.com/guides/bags-and-lost-property/" updated: "2026-11-15" airport: "ATL" type: "guide" --- > Independent guide, not the official ATL website. All pages: https://atlairportguide.com/llms.txt # Bags and lost property Every ATL guide on bags and lost property: 4 guides, each answering one question. Published November 15, 2026 Keeping track of what you carry through ATL: leaving a bag between flights, protecting it before check-in, oversized sports equipment, and what to do when a bag does not arrive or you leave something behind. Each guide says who to contact and where, as the airport and airlines publish it. ![The South baggage claim hall at Atlanta airport with tall wood-toned columns, a steel carousel and a bright coffer in the cream ceiling.](https://atlairportguide.com/images/atl/south-claim-carousel-shops-v17-800.webp) [Baggage claim at Atlanta airport: North, South and the international carousels](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/baggage-claim-at-atlanta-airport/) Domestic bags come out at North or South claim, international bags at seven carousels. How to find yours, what's nearby and where oversize bags go. - [Which claim is yours?](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/baggage-claim-at-atlanta-airport/#which-claim-is-yours) - [What faces the carousels in the Domestic Terminal](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/baggage-claim-at-atlanta-airport/#what-faces-the-carousels-in-the-domestic-terminal) - [Where do you go once you have your bag?](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/baggage-claim-at-atlanta-airport/#where-do-you-go-once-you-have-your-bag) - [International bags come out at seven carousels](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/baggage-claim-at-atlanta-airport/#international-bags-come-out-at-seven-carousels) - [Where do oversize bags go?](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/baggage-claim-at-atlanta-airport/#where-do-oversize-bags-go) ![The empty international baggage claim hall at Atlanta airport, with a long stainless-steel carousel on a polished granite floor.](https://atlairportguide.com/images/atl/intl-bag-services-counter-v12-800.webp) [Delayed or lost baggage at ATL: who takes the report](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/delayed-or-lost-baggage-at-atl/) ATL's FAQ sends lost luggage to your airline. What Delta and American say to do, American's 4-hour window, and what ATL's Lost and Found covers. - [What Delta and American say to do](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/delayed-or-lost-baggage-at-atl/#what-delta-and-american-say-to-do) - [How long does American give you?](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/delayed-or-lost-baggage-at-atl/#how-long-does-american-give-you) - [What ATL’s Lost and Found covers](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/delayed-or-lost-baggage-at-atl/#what-atls-lost-and-found-covers) - [What if you flew another airline?](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/delayed-or-lost-baggage-at-atl/#what-if-you-flew-another-airline) ![The dinosaur skeleton seen from below under the round skylight in the Domestic Terminal atrium at Atlanta airport, with the balconies where Lost and Found is.](https://atlairportguide.com/images/atl/atrium-third-floor-lost-found-v7-800.webp) [Lost Something at Atlanta Airport? Which Office Has It](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/lost-something-at-atlanta-airport/) Left it in the terminal, on a plane or at security? ATL's Lost and Found is in the Domestic Terminal Atrium. Airlines, TSA and MARTA keep their own. - [ATL’s Lost and Found: location, hours and email](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/lost-something-at-atlanta-airport/#atls-lost-and-found-location-hours-and-email) - [Delta and other airlines keep their own](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/lost-something-at-atlanta-airport/#delta-and-other-airlines-keep-their-own) - [Items left at security can be in two places](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/lost-something-at-atlanta-airport/#items-left-at-security-can-be-in-two-places) - [MARTA keeps its own lost property](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/lost-something-at-atlanta-airport/#marta-keeps-its-own-lost-property) - [If you can’t tell where you lost it](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/lost-something-at-atlanta-airport/#if-you-cant-tell-where-you-lost-it) - [Sources](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/lost-something-at-atlanta-airport/#sources) ![A baggage carousel and steel pillars in the baggage claim hall of the Domestic Terminal at Atlanta airport.](https://atlairportguide.com/images/atl/north-claim-hall-bag-near-carousel-v4-800.webp) [Where to Leave a Bag at Atlanta Airport](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/where-leave-bag-at-atlanta-airport/) ATL publishes no left-luggage desk or lockers. Who to ask, what the airport does list, and the off-site storage companies, with their own starting prices. - [What the airport lists](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/where-leave-bag-at-atlanta-airport/#what-the-airport-lists) - [Who to ask](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/where-leave-bag-at-atlanta-airport/#who-to-ask) - [Storage off the airport grounds](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/where-leave-bag-at-atlanta-airport/#storage-off-the-airport-grounds) - [If you left a bag behind](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/where-leave-bag-at-atlanta-airport/#if-you-left-a-bag-behind) - [Sources](https://atlairportguide.com/guides/where-leave-bag-at-atlanta-airport/#sources)