Delta’s main Hub is Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Located just 10 miles from downtown Atlanta invites businesses and travelers alike. Ownership of these 4,700 acres belongs to the city of Atlanta. Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport mainlines are: Asiana Airlines, British Airways Cargo, Cargolux Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airways, China Airlines, China Cargo Airlines, DHL Express, EVA Airways, FedEx, Korean Air Cargo, Lufthansa, German Airlines, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, and UPS, with Charter lines: Atlas Air Cargo, Mountain Air Cargo, Kalitta Air, and Polar Air. A few facts about Hartsfield-Jackson international Airport to set the stage, since 2005, Hartsfield-Jackson has been the busiest operations airport in the world. Hartsfield-Jackson serves 150 U.S. destinations and more than 75 international destinations in 50 countries. Hartsfield-Jackson averages more than 250,000 passengers a day. On average, there are almost 2,500 arrivals and departures daily. Atlanta is within a two-hour flight of 80 percent of the United States population. …show more content…
The infrastructure required to continually service all aspects of this operation is monumental. The volume of commuter traffic and commerce in one area is synchronized much like the schedulers of and major airline company.
Atlanta’s airport has three main air cargo facilities, a Perishables Complex and a USDA Propagated Plant Inspection Station. The total on-airport air-cargo warehouse space measures 29.8 acres or 1.3 million square feet. There are 28 parking positions for cargo