Control tower Atlanta airport
In addition to the fifth runway was also built a new control tower to make it possible to control the entire length of runways. The new control tower - the highest control tower airport in the United States, with a height of 121 m. The old control tower, tower height of 178 meters was taken 5 August 2006.
20 October 2003 Atlanta City Council voted to change the name to the International airport Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta in honor of former Mayor Maynard Jackson, first African-American mayor of Atlanta, who died on 23 June 2003. The Council originally planned to rename the airport only after Jackson, but public outcry, especially the descendants of the Mayor Hartsfield, led to a compromise solution.
In April 2007 the district was opened taxiway. It will save from 26 to 30 million dollars on fuel, allowing the aircraft, landing on the north runway to the gate drive is not creating obstacles off the aircraft. Taxiway runs below the runway at 9.1 m, which allows not stop ups.
The airport now employs about 55 300 employees of airlines, ground transportation employees, concessionaires, security service, the federal government, city services and Atlanta tenants and is considered the largest employer in Georgia.