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Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, also known as Atlanta Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport, Atlanta Airport, Hartsfield, Hartsfield–Jackson or by its airport code ATL, is the primary international airport serving Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The airport is located 7 mi (11 km) south of the Downtown Atlanta district. It is named after former Atlanta mayors William B. Hartsfield and Maynard Jackson. ATL covers 4,700 acres (1,902 ha) of land and has five parallel runways. Hartsfield-Jackson was the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic from 1998 to 2019, losing its title in 2020 due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and being surpassed by Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport as a result. However, Hartsfield-Jackson remains the busiest airport by passenger traffic in the United States. Furthermore, the aforementioned Guangzhou Baiyun also saw a huge decline in passengers as a result of the pandemic, thus only making it busier than Hartsfield-Jackson by just about 840,000 passengers.
San Francisco International Airport is an international airport in San Mateo County, 13 miles (21 km) south of Downtown San Francisco, California. It has flights to points throughout North America and is a major gateway to Europe and Asia.
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- ↑ Flight International 12–18 April 2005
- ↑ Sky Gate International Airlines at airlineupdate.com Archived 2010-09-16 at the Wayback Machine
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