Agree 100%. And so easy to get to and from using MARTA train, I jump on three blocks from my house and 20 mins later I'm in the terminal. Wish the rest of the city ran anywhere near as well 😆
I’ve been there a lot. During final approach once the pilots aborted the landing and went around. Our captain announced, “Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve had to abort our landing because some idiot pulled onto the runway we were about to land on.”
What was so cool about this video is that I saw my neighborhood and my house from their point of view. The air traffic pattern used for this runway flies right over my house!
Years ago I went in there a few times in an Aztec. Approach wanted me to maintain 180 knots on final to about I75. In other words I was at high cruise to the end of the runway. Well, if you have a 10,000 foot runway, you might as well use it all.
Well, my stress and cortisol levels pretty much got zero watching this. For me that approach is special since ATL is home. Many wonderful trips, but still wheels down full reverse thrust on those runways is the sound of home at home.
I could only dream that flying into KATL in the 80s as a young 25 yr old pilot was so peaceful!! I flew banking documents/light freight into Hartsfield late night in Mu-2s/Commanders/404s when all the big birds were coming home to roost. Non stop atc Speed talking, keep your speed up, no deviations +- 100ft or miss a call 2x and you were thrown to the back of the line. Maybe a L-1011/747 close in trail "keep your speed up" atc stresses. "Make your 1st right." Not really a option or get ran over. Right over the numbers your throw out full flaps, force the nose down, carrier landing and then make the turn only to see these massive lights bathe you and then watch those beast roar past. Some times I spent the night sleeping on conveyor belts eating out of vending machines. Ah the glamour of being a freight dog.
Atlanta's greenery is truly awesome to see from the air! One would never know you're in a metropolis of over 7 million people. I live in Los Angeles and I wish we had just a fraction of those trees here in Southern California to look at when landing instead of wall-to-wall concrete. Great video. P.S. -- I enjoyed the music in the background. It lends a mood to the video as one gazes out the cockpit window watching the scenery pass by. Good job!
That's cool that you said that because a friend of mine flew into Atlanta from San Diego several years ago and said the same thing.. Although it's a bustling area and state we do have a lot of beautiful scenery to enjoy.
That's why they call it one of America's biggest little towns! Once you get away from the Freeways and main traffic thoroughfares it's really nice and wooded! The Druid Hills/Claremont Road area as just one example of this!
I first flew into ATL on a Delta DC-3 from SAV. The terminal was a wooden building. Captain brought me up to the cockpit before takeoff and pinned some wings on me. I was 12 years old - about 1951. Many visits since then and I have navigated all of the ensuing terminals. Things have really changed in 70 years. Thanks for the video.
Interesting. We're close to the same age. My brother-in-law was chief pilot for an airline and flew DC-3s. I got to fly on a check-ride one time. I listen to the ATCs every morning over a cup of coffee. 🙂
It's a great video, particularly when the explain they about the airport and landing procedure, but I prefer to hear the ambient sounds of the cockpit rather than music. Just a thought for future videos.
Although I have never flown in an airplane, THAT WAS COOL!!!! I watch a lot of landings from different cockpits, but none as a nice and clear as this one. I hope to see more. Thanks so much for sharing. I am going to watch this a few more times. Have a great day!
Would have been cool to have the audio from ZTL/A80/ ATL ATCT. That music goes well with majestic nature shots, which flying into KATL is not beautiful, but definitely cool.
As a native of Georgia growing up in Metro Atlanta in my early childhood when going to the airport seeing those big jets land and take off i would get cold chills of mere awe and respect for you captains flying. I Really enjoyed your video and the facts you stated. Another interesting fact the airport sits on the original site of the original Atlanta Raceway built in 1909 by then Mayor Asa Chandler and Founder of Coca Cola.
Awesome video. I live about two miles from the Hartsfield Jackson. The planes are just about 2000 ft when landing over my house. You flew right over my house😀
Beautiful, beautiful landing thank you for taking us to this journey. I work at that busy airport and I must say we do excellent jobs cadets to you flight attendants pilots first officer everyone in the aviation world.❤❤❤❤
Nice landing, the camera never "bumped" when you touched down. What were we riding in? Music was perfect and relaxing, but I'd like a version with the ATC chatter and engine noises.
I very much liked the background music as I looked for familiar landmarks after living in metro Atlanta for 36 years. So many times I’ve been underneath airplanes on I-285 as they flew overhead to land on that runway and I enjoyed my Miata rides around the curves on Loop Road around the airport. Thanks again for your perspective!
It's cool to see you fly over the old Fort Gillem sight. When I was a kid, I used to stand in the parking lot of the BX and watch planes come in, and almost always when they flew over my head, the planes would lower their landing gear. Was always fun to watch.
For years the airport was called, 'Hartsfield' after former mayor William B Hartsfield who was responsible for an expansion of the field. In 2003, they added the name 'Jackson' after another former mayor, Maynard Jackson, who oversaw a huge expansion/redesign of the airport, including the 'midfield' terminal, which placed the terminals and gates between the (at the time) 4 runways. The 5th runway was added later, and is on the other side of the multi-lane highway (I-285) the plane flies over just prior to landing.
THAT was the BEST video of a cockpit shown landing that I have EVER seen on YT! Just beautifully done... This is by far the busiest airport in the world. five of the top 10 are in the US.
I live west of KCCO and I'm just a little north of V222 so I watch them all heading in when they're landing to the east on 8 or 9. Being the busiest, it's a constant stream of planes going by.
Watching the opening scene with that music brought back some great memories. Retired now for four years. Do I miss the job……? Honestly, I can’t say that I do!
Another excellent video. Love the moving magenta dot. Would it be possible to overlay (text only is fine) ATC chatter too so that we can understand the "operations" that occur (e.g. Potomac scenic drive)? American commercial pilots love VFR landings, unlike overseas counterparts. Perhaps some textbook cases could be served in your channel. Thanks.
I've landed on that runway often and I've also been stuck in traffic behind a wreck, watching the plane land on 27L. It seems as if they're about to drop out of the sky.
Great vid!! I just flew into ATL back in April. United Airlines 737Max. Comfortable flight ✈️ from Newark, NJ. Nice to see the flight from the pilots view.
I live in Savannah GA and fly Delta. So all my connections are in Atlanta. If you come in from the west you can see Tyler Perry’s enormous mansion easily.
Could you please do the same video but at PANC, at night with 3000' RVR while playing Lynyrd Skynyrd and flying a Lancair IVP with red stripes. Thank you so much for taking requests. 🤣🤣🤣
Not nearly as busy as Oshkosh during AirVenture, especially during the Mooney and Bonanza mass arrivals. Those two groups land 9 planes per minute on just two runways. That gets all 190 planes down in just over 20 minutes! Meanwhile, they’re still landing more planes on the third runway while that’s going on. No airport on earth gets busier than that!
In Atlanta, they have runways 28, 27L, 27R, 26L, and 26R. You’re correct… normally there would be left, center, and right but Atlanta decided to do it this way. 🤣 Thank you for watching!!
I appreciate your input but I find there’s a lot of “dead air” with just radio comms so I decided that music fills all those long gaps. I’m not going to please everyone but I like it instead of radio chatter :)
