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Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal
MHJIT Overview
Current FAA data indicates international passenger volumes at Hartsfield-Jackson could exceed 13 million by 2015. To meet this forecast demand, Capital Improvement Program (CIP) planners have designed a new global gateway for the city of Atlanta. Construction on the Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal began in the summer of 2008 and is set for completion in April 2012.
Currently, the estimated cost of the project is $1.35 billion. The new 12-gate facility will connect via the Automated People Mover System to the existing 28-gate international concourse E, creating a 40-gate international air travel complex at Hartsfield-Jackson.
Please click the following links for MHJIT Progress Update.
Progress Update 07-29-2009
Progress Update 07-13-2009
MHJIT key messages
The Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal will:
- Provide international travelers with their own terminal
- Eliminate cumbersome baggage recheck process for Atlanta-bound international travelers
- Ease demand on existing facilities by removing international passengers from the existing terminal and security checkpoints
- Reduce passenger loads on the Automated People Mover trains and improve directional flow within the Transportation Mall
The Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal will have a substantial positive impact on Atlanta’s economy, as well as other local and regional economies.
- There are no taxpayers dollars included in planning or constructing the MHJIT.
- Construction of the MHJIT will create thousands of contracting and trade services jobs.
- The completed facility will also directly and indirectly employ thousands of workers.
- MHJIT investment is an investment in Atlanta’s future.
- MHJIT brings new domestic and international business opportunity.
- Airlines, particularly Delta, support a new international facility.
MHJIT Features
- 1.2 million square-foot terminal and concourse complex, large enough to accommodate 13 New World of Coke museums
- 12 wide-body capable international gates, convertible to 16 narrow-body capable gates
- In-line baggage screening system
- 9 security checkpoint lanes for international departing passengers
- 6 security recheck lanes for domestic connecting passengers
- 1,100 short-term parking spaces in close proximity to the terminal
- New facility will ease load on existing domestic gates by providing gate capacity during international non-peak times