Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport wasn't always the world's busiest airport. Once upon a time, it wasn't even an airport at all, said Grant Wainscott, executive director and chief curator of the National Museum of Commercial Aviation.
The land was originally a racetrack, and was bought by the City of Atlanta, in 1925, which turned it into an airfield, Wainscott said. "This is the world's busiest airport, and it is such a tremendous economic engine for the entire Southeastern United States," he said.
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