ATLAirport Guide

Atlanta Airport to Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a direct MARTA ride on the Red or Gold line for $2.50. Discover Atlanta lists the campus under two stations, North Avenue and Midtown, back to back on both lines.

Where
Georgia Tech: Georgia Tech campus, Midtown Atlanta
Ways compared
MARTA rail, MARTA rail, Taxi, Rideshare

Every way to get to Georgia Tech, compared

WayTimeCostFirst from ATLLast from ATL
MARTA rail19 minutes to North Avenue (MARTA's average)$2.50 standard fare with up to four free transfers within three hours; $1 reduced fare; children 46 inches and under ride free, up to two per paying adultWeekdays 4:36 a.m. (Gold), 4:46 a.m. (Red); Saturday and Sunday 5:52 a.m. (Red), 6:00 a.m. (Gold)Weekdays 8:50 p.m. (Red), 1:20 a.m. (Gold); Saturday and Sunday 1:10 a.m. (Red), 1:20 a.m. (Gold)
MARTA rail20 minutes to Midtown (MARTA's average)$2.50 standard fare with up to four free transfers within three hours; $1 reduced fare; children 46 inches and under ride free, up to two per paying adultWeekdays 4:36 a.m. (Gold), 4:46 a.m. (Red); Saturday and Sunday 5:52 a.m. (Red), 6:00 a.m. (Gold)Weekdays 8:50 p.m. (Red), 1:20 a.m. (Gold); Saturday and Sunday 1:10 a.m. (Red), 1:20 a.m. (Gold)
TaxiNot publishedNo Georgia Tech fare is published; ATL's flat taxi fares cover only Downtown, Midtown and BuckheadNone publishedNone published
RideshareNot publishedNo Georgia Tech fare is publishedUber says its app takes requests at ATL at any hourUber says its app takes requests at ATL at any hour

Shuttle arrival times by stop

StopMARTA's average time from Airport Station
North Avenue19 minutes
Midtown20 minutes

MARTA rail

Board at Airport Station, inside the Domestic Terminal between the North and South baggage claims. North Avenue is the first of the two stops. Discover Atlanta lists Georgia Tech, the Fox Theatre and The Collective Food Hall @ CODA there, with the Georgian Terrace, Crowne Plaza Atlanta Midtown, Hotel Indigo Atlanta Midtown and Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center. If you land at the International Terminal, MARTA's station is not there: ride the free International Terminal shuttle from the arrivals level to the Domestic Terminal baggage claim first (MARTA gives about 15 minutes and says it runs 24/7).

MARTA rail at ATL: boarding point and full details

MARTA rail

Board at Airport Station, inside the Domestic Terminal between the North and South baggage claims. Midtown is the second stop. Discover Atlanta lists Georgia Tech, the Margaret Mitchell House and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta there, with Loews Atlanta Hotel, Residence Inn Atlanta Midtown/Georgia Tech, Moxy, AC Hotel, Hilton Garden Inn and Epicurean Atlanta. If you land at the International Terminal, MARTA's station is not there: ride the free International Terminal shuttle from the arrivals level to the Domestic Terminal baggage claim first (MARTA gives about 15 minutes and says it runs 24/7).

MARTA rail at ATL: boarding point and full details

Taxi

Taxis load at Aisle A of the Ground Transportation Center: stalls A3 to A10 on ATL's ground transportation page, A3 to A12 on the airport's terminal map. At the International Terminal they load on the arrivals level outside door A1. Ask the driver for the fare before you get in.

Rideshare

Uber and Lyft pick up in the North Economy lot: go through North baggage claim to the escalators between doors N2 and N3, follow the orange signs, and request the ride only after you reach the pickup spot. ATL's ground transportation page words that spot as door LN1.

Good to know

  • MARTA's line pages and station list do not name the campus, and Discover Atlanta does not say which stop is closer to a given building. Use the address of your hotel, lab or event. A wrong guess costs one stop.

Sources: MARTA, ATL ground transportation page, Uber