Atlanta International Airport Research Articles

Atlanta's New Central Passenger Terminal Complex

When the new Central Passenger Terminal Complex at the Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport opens in September, 1980, it will be the largest airport terminal complex in the world. Four principle elements comprise the design of this facility: (1)Two interconnected, landside terminal buildings; (2)four separate airside concourse buildings; (3)an underground, automated guideway transit and pedestrian mall system, linking the terminal buildings and concourses; and (4)the ground access system. The concept of a centralized terminal with satellite gates will most efficiently accommodate Atlanta's volume of transferring passengers, which accounts for 72% of all passengers arriving at the Hartsfield terminal.

Aircraft Control Measures for Emission Reduction

A study of the potential effectiveness of several strategies for reducing pollutant emissions from aircraft at a busy metropolitan airport has been carried out. This work is based on a model of emission-producing activities at the Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport and emissions from additional sources in the region surrounding the airport. A steady-state Gaussian plume dispersion model, developed previously,1-4 was used to determine pollutant concentrations at selected receptor sites. The model of the Atlanta airport was assembled to evaluate the results of a field test of one of the strategies (engine shutdown during taxiing) performed there in late 1973. The results of that field test are reported elsewhere.5,6 A full discussion of the interpretation of the comparison between modeled and monitored pollutant concentrations during the field test and the examination of alternative strategies noted, here are contained in the final report of this project.7