• GREATER ATLANTA METRO AREA AIRPORTS

The State of Georgia only has two international airports, the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Central/North Georgia, and the Savannah - Hilton Head International Airport, located southeast, at the South Carolina border. Domestic Airports in the Greater Atlanta Vicinity are located in the following cities and locations: Athens (NE); Cartersville (NW); Jonesboro (S), La Grange (SW), Lawrenceville (N), Marietta (NW), and Milledgeville (SE).

1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport ATL is huge and is the world's busiest airport, served by every major and most international airlines offering direct and connecting flights to every point of the globe. Its nine county airports serve mostly the general aviation community. While transportation within the airport, as well to the City and outlying counties, is excellent, navigating the airport takes time, and parking and flights add up to higher fees. As this Airport is in a constant state of construction, it presents certain challenges to the travelers finding their way around. Notable is that for seven consecutive years, the Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) has given Hartsfield-Jackson its Award of Excellence for efficiency (this year as the most efficient airport in North America). The award is for productivity, efficiency and low costs, including the lowest passenger airline fees.

2. Those regional county airports, which do offer commercial flights, are limited to smaller aircraft, some of which offer shuttle services into ATL Airport. Among the nine County Airports is a brand-new one opened in late 2008--Paulding County Regional Airport PUJ--located 7 miles from the town of Dallas, which can accommodate jets. Cobb County Airport RYY, 21 miles NW of Atlanta's CBD and south of Kennesaw, has no major commercial airline service, but there are two charter companies and two major fixed-base operators.

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