The Wandering Disciple

Like a beacon in the night sky, the illuminated air traffic control tower at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport rises above the airfield. At 398 feet tall, the tower is the tallest in the country and provides guidance for pilots into the busiest airport in the world.  Serving almost 94 million passengers a year, Atlanta has been top ranked in the world for years. It's five runways service over 1,000 flights a day connecting travelers to 225 destinations across the globe. The airport is the headquarters of Delta Air Lines as well as a stop for 26 other airlines.  Taken: December 21, 2014 at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (Atlanta, GA)

A Delta Air Lines flight departs from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The airport located south of downtown Atlanta has been the busiest airport in the world since 1998.  It services over 100 million passengers a year, almost 260,000 a day.  Much of the traffic comes from Delta Air Lines, a major airline that calls Atlanta home.  (Photo: June 5, 2016)

High atop this tower is the control center for one of the nation's busiest airports.  The Air Traffic Control Tower at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is responsible for almost 2,500 flights a day.  At 398 feet tall, the tower is the tallest in the United States and the fourth tallest in the world.  (Photo: December 21, 2014)

A Delta flight taxis into the terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport during the busy holiday travel season.  The airport services an average of 2,500 flights per day connecting passengers to 150 domestic and 75 international destinations.  (Photo: December 21, 2014)

Atlanta, Georgia:  A blustery, foggy morning sky welcomed us as we began day two of our Atlanta trip.  The overcast skies were a flashback to the winter days I remember browsing up where is was always gray and cold during the winter. Today's adventure was the highlight of the trip, our visit to Stone Mountain. Stone Mountain was the main purpose of this last minute trip.  My wife and son have been begging to see snow and after growing up in the Mid-Atlantic, I've seen my fair share of it.  So when we came across the advertisement for Snow Mountain, I knew we could make that work. After breakfast we still had a little time remaining before we needed to hit the road for Stone Mountain so we headed over to the airport for some photography.  Anyone whose been through Hartsfield-Atlanta Airport knows how busy and how large the airport is.  We decided to head over to the south terminal cell phone lot for an up-close view of the action.  Boy was it c...

Delta Flight 963 prepares for flight at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The McDonnell-Douglas MD-88 would deliver us home on the final leg of our 2004 Mid-Atlantic vacation. The MD-88 is Delta's primary jet for the Sarasota-Bradenton to Atlanta run. (Photo: May 1, 2004)