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Does Metro Atlanta Need a Second Airport?

For Metro Atlanta, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is it. Would you like to see it get a back-up airport, and if so, where should it be located?

 

Most major international airports in the US have a second, or even third, airport to back them up. In New York, JF Kennedy International Airport is backed up by LaGuardia and Newark Liberty International, in Chicago, there is O’Hare and Midway and in the Atlanta area there is Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and… Well, there is Hartfield-Jackson International Airport.

Despite being the busiest airport in not just the US but also the world, metro Atlanta has no back-up airport. According to Wikipedia, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport not only has the largest number of passengers passing through it, but it also moves the most aircrafts in the world annually.

There has been a lot of talk recently, sometimes pretty heated talk, about possibly converting Briscoe Field in Gwinnett County to becoming that back-up airport for Hartsfield-Jackson. Those who live in the area around Briscoe Field, and are likely to be most impacted, have actively campaigned against it. Those who are likely to benefit the most should it expand to take the overflow from Hartsfield-Jackson have said they would like to see Gwinnett get the business.

So the question today is twofold. Firstly, does metro Atlanta need a second airport? And secondly, if so, where would you like to see it located?

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IndigoFire

10:31 am on Friday, May 25, 2012

Put it's approach patterns right over Sugarloaf Country Club & Country Club of The South... annoying the hell out of Alpharetta, Johns Creek, etc... The Bedroom Concrete covered soccer mom cul-de-sac hoods' where sidewalks never see any use, no one knows thier neighbors, call the police on anyone visiting their neighbors, & everything closes at 7pm except the 24 hour small business killing walmart type stores.Ruin Em'... Make them move further out, maybe all the way to Charlotte or even back to Mars where they came from. They vote for idiots who try and take away our first amendment rights thanks to ALEC & other corrupt organizations and complain about social programs all the while using unemployment benefits to the hilt with credit card debts of 30+ thousand dollars, $500,000 mortgages on houses that were built for $30,000, driving cars with outstanding loans of 60 to 80 thousand on them... Put the airport out there near them, Let the inner city prosper, where people share sidewalk cafes, meet strangers & enjoy their company, live for good books & information, & talk daily with strangers in other countries rather than belching "GO America" while buying 1.00 store crap that has no purpose. Give The North Side Traffic Mongering Commuters HELL. =) Oh, and give us a train up there so we can use the airport to pollute their Skies with sound just like they pollute our inner city air with their cars... Peace.

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