| Major Car Rental Investment At Atlanta | | | | * 1,200 additional ground storage spaces |
| Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. | | | | * 10 rental car agencies |
| For car rental at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson | | | | * 137,000 square-foot customer service center |
| International Airport | | | | * 6 two-car APM trains |
| More than 2 million passengers complete rental car | | | | * 1 maintenance and recovery vehicle |
| transactions each year at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta | | | | * 1.3 acre APM train maintenance facility |
| International Airport. In order to meet current needs and | | | | * 27 acre “Quick Turnaround” area for rental |
| anticipated demands for rental vehicles, | | | | vehicles with maintenance, wash and fuel facilities |
| Hartsfield-Jackson is building a state-of-the-art | | | | * 140 fuel pumps |
| Consolidated Rental Car (CONRAC) facility. When it | | | | * 30 wash bays with water recovery system |
| opens in November 2009, CONRAC will house all | | | | Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport |
| Airport rental car companies and their associated | | | | (IATA: ATL, ICAO: KATL, FAA LID: ATL), known |
| operations, including customer service, administrative | | | | locally as Atlanta Airport, Hartsfield Airport, and |
| offices, ready/return parking, fueling and maintenance | | | | Hartsfield–Jackson, is located seven miles (11 km) |
| facilities. | | | | south of the central business district of Atlanta, |
| The 67.5-acre CONRAC facility is located across | | | | Georgia, United States. It is the world's busiest airport |
| Interstate 85 from the Airport and will connect to the | | | | by passenger traffic, serving 90 million passengers per |
| existing passenger terminals via an Automated People | | | | year, as well as by number of landings and |
| Mover (APM) train system. The APM can move more | | | | take-offs.[2] The airport is the primary hub of Delta Air |
| than 10,000 passengers an hour to and from the | | | | Lines, AirTran Airways, Delta Connection under the |
| passenger terminal along the 1.6 mile long elevated | | | | Shuttle America name, and Delta Connection partner |
| guideway. The trip between the terminal and the | | | | Atlantic Southeast Airlines; the Delta hub is the world's |
| CONRAC APM station will be approximately five | | | | largest airline hub. Delta Air Lines flew 55.4% of |
| minutes. A stop at the Georgia International Convention | | | | passengers from the airport in 2008, AirTran flew |
| Center (GICC) will provide direct passenger access to | | | | 19.27%, and Atlantic Southeast Airlines flew 12.94%. |
| the facility during conventions and events. | | | | The airport has 151 domestic and 28 international gates. |
| By centralizing all rental car operations adjacent to the | | | | Hartsfield–Jackson held its ranking as the world's |
| Airport, CONRAC will eliminate the need for rental | | | | busiest airport in 2008, both in terms of passengers |
| agency shuttle buses and dramatically reduce the | | | | and number of flights, by accommodating 90 million |
| number of rental cars on terminal roadways. This | | | | passengers and 978,824 flights. Many of the nearly |
| should help minimize the Airport’s carbon footprint | | | | one million flights are domestic flights from within the |
| by improving overall traffic flow around the passenger | | | | United States where Atlanta serves as a major hub |
| terminal. | | | | for travel throughout the Southern United States. |
| CONRAC is one of several projects included in | | | | Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport has |
| Hartsfield-Jackson’s Capital Improvement Program | | | | international service to North America, South America, |
| (CIP). The $6 billion-plus program supports the | | | | Central America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. As an |
| Airport’s overall mission by planning, designing, | | | | international gateway to the United States, |
| building and maintaining facilities to meet projected | | | | Hartsfield–Jackson ranks seventh; John F. Kennedy |
| growth in domestic and international travel. CIP | | | | International Airport in New York City is first.[4] |
| projects reduce flight delays, increase airfield and | | | | However, the airport is increasingly becoming a major |
| terminal capacity, enhance overall customer service, | | | | gateway for international flights; 2008 saw international |
| and substantially contribute to Georgia’s economic | | | | traffic jump 3.18 percent over the previous year, with |
| development. | | | | more than 4.6 million passengers boarding international |
| CONRAC Features | | | | flights. |
| * 2 four-story parking decks | | | | The airport is located mostly in unincorporated areas in |
| * 2.8 million square feet of parking | | | | Fulton and Clayton counties; the city limits of Atlanta, |
| * More than 8,700 ready, return and storage parking | | | | College Park, and Hapeville extend to the airport |
| spaces | | | | grounds. The airport is reachable by train on MARTA. |