International arrivals and connections

Arriving at ATL from abroad, leaving on an international flight, or connecting between the two: passport control and customs, where international flights depart, and how much time a change between a domestic and an international flight needs. The guides follow what the airport and the border agencies publish.

• ATL's Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal

  ATL's International Terminal has its own I-75 Exit 239 entrance, a free shuttle to the Domestic Terminal and Concourse F next door. Services by level.

  • Flights that leave the country usually check in here
  • The terminal has its own entrance and a free shuttle
  • What’s on the departures level
  • Arrivals level: bags, coffee, currency and rides
  • Concourse F is joined to the terminal
• Connecting from an international flight at ATL: recheck, security and the train

  Turn left past baggage claim on Concourse F to recheck bags, then follow signs to the Plane Train or the walkway to the domestic concourses.

  • From the aircraft to the recheck counters
  • Security and the liquids you bought on the way
  • From the counters to a domestic concourse
  • Sources
• Customs at ATL: Global Entry, Mobile Passport Control and kiosks

  International arrivals clear passport control on the Arrivals level. CBP runs the lines, not ATL. Global Entry is $120, Mobile Passport Control is free.

  • From the aircraft to the Arrivals hall
  • CBP’s wait times, hour by hour
  • Global Entry, Mobile Passport Control and the kiosks
  • After customs, pickup is right outside the Arrivals hall
• Domestic Terminal to International Terminal at ATL: shuttle or Plane Train

  Free shuttle every 15 minutes or so, 15 minutes across, from door W-1 or W-2. Or the Plane Train, if your airline checks you in at the Domestic Terminal.

  • Which way is yours
  • Catching the shuttle at the Domestic Terminal
  • How long to allow between the buildings
  • Crossing the other way
  • Sources
• International airlines at ATL: who checks in at the International Terminal

  Every foreign airline at ATL checks in at the International Terminal. Delta uses both buildings. U.S. airlines that list a terminal name the Domestic Terminal.

  • Foreign airlines: International Terminal, International Departures
  • Delta checks in at both buildings
  • International flight on another U.S. airline
  • Which concourse your flight uses
  • If you reach the wrong building
  • Sources
• International arrival at ATL: where to go for MARTA or the Rental Car Center

  From the Arrivals level, exit between doors A1 and A2 for the free shuttle to MARTA at the Domestic Terminal or straight to the Rental Car Center.

  • From the aircraft to the curb
  • To MARTA: free shuttle, then the Airport Station
  • To the Rental Car Center: two routes
  • Taxis, rideshare and hotel vans use other doors
  • Sources