ATL - International Traveler Arriving at gate in Concourse E and Walking to Main Customs (long walk)
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- Опубліковано 21 тра 2021
- For International Travelers who arrive at E-Gates there is a loooooong walk that they must take to get to the main International Terminal Customs/Immigration area and then Baggage Claim. This video shows walking from the farthest gate in Concourse E (E-35) all the way to the Customs/Immigration arrival hall. The first part of the walk is above the gates of Concourse E and then the path travels below ground level and under the tarmac where airplanes taxi to and from their gates. I have tried to make the long walking video a little more interesting by including some facts about the airport or the walk at various points during the video.
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I want to thank very much for this video for something so simple yet stressing if you are not familiar with this particular airport knowing that you have limited time to connecting flights! Kudos....
Thanks for the comment! I have several other ATL videos concerning connecting flights.
Lord help us! We are in our late 70's and would definitely need wheel chair transportation for that long walk. Thanks for the video, despite my hundreds of trips through ATL, I have never flown International, and been in that area of the airport terminals. I didn't know that these halls even existed.
If you notice on the video there is one staff member with a wheel chair apparently ready for assist a debarking passenger. I bet he was wore out after pushing it that entire way! Thanks for the comment!
I feel sorry for anyone who has asthma or lung/arthritic issues trying to get through this hellhole called an airport. The road to hell is paved with signs that say "ATL"...😁
Best video I’ve seen so far!
Very good and informative video, particularly for those who are new comers and unable to manage connecting flights from the domestic carriers like United Airlines etc. ❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much for this video, I'll be coming through atl to Philly from cabo an wasnt sure how customs work there, it's been a long time since I came through there on my way back from st Lucia an at that time it was very hectic...thanks again for the video
jesus atlanta airport is huge, should be traveling in a month. thankyou for the video, i feel more at ease now!
Thanks for the comment, I hope you have a good trip!
Thanks for all your videos they are really helpful... I’ll finally be flying out of Atlanta airport for the first time next Monday
I’m glad they’ve been helpful to you. Have a safe and great trip! And thanks for the comment!
I'm flying my first international flight next Saturday (going to St. Lucia!), and this video is very helpful in showing what returning home might be like. I appreciate your videos very much, since I watched your videos a couple years ago when I was flying to my hometown for a wedding and got lost the first time I flew out ATL. Thank you!
I hope you have a great trip! Thanks for the view and positive comment!
Thank you for this video. What a very long walk after a long flight.
It did seem like quite a haul. BUT we were at the gate that was the most extreme distance away from passport control. Just my luck - but it did Mikey for an interesting video. Thanks for the comment!
The long walk was terrible!
Gotta love the lady in front with two roller bags when your only to have one. Good catch gate agent.
Lol. As much as I looked at this video while editing it I never actually paid attention to that! Good job spotting it!
@@bozy106 yeah it’s the old airline agent in me. Crud I remember when E was built and we thought we are done no more gates needed.
Thank you, buddy.
THANKS very much for a most informative video! we have flown into and out of ATL a hundred times but until now I was wondering how we would land from Paris into concourse E to clear customs.....thanks again!
Thanks for the comment. It’s a long walk as you can see, but the layout makes it easy by funneling you to exactly where you need to go. I hope you have a great trip!
Have you been to London, England yet? I'd love to see you do a video on that one from atl airport. I love your videos BTW, very helpful.
I haven’t been yet, but when I do I will be sure to post some videos!
Thanks. I have never explored Concourse F cause I didn't want to end up on the wrong side of customs. I just rode the plane train there and back, which was kind of fun because it's not a straight track like Concourse T,A-E, it goes around a curve at (seemingly) full speed.
It is a wild ride. If you walk from concourse T it is quite a haul!
I never knew concourse E had that those upper corridors. I’ve only flew international on foreign airlines from Atlanta and they usually deplane in concourse F. I’ve walked between E and F before and always wondered where those escalators came from behind the glass before you made your way downstairs to connect to the international terminal.
Same here. I had no clue until we deplaned at an E-gate
The E concourse was the old international concourse. Pre COVID the unused passport control you passed would be for connecting passengers while you would still use F if you were ATL bound. Prior to F you would use that upper passport control…then take a long escalator down to the level below the gates to claim baggage…then recheck baggage regardless of if you were local or connecting. If you were local, you would take the plane train back to the main terminal (current domestic terminal) and reclaim bags there.
Thanks for the interesting info! That makes a lot of sense. I had never been through this area prior to COVID because I had always arrived at Concourse F. Thanks for the comment!
You mean the Plane Train? Not the sky plane. It would be cool if there were aerial vehicles that flew you around the airport
What they should consider doing is to expand the F gates greatly, with the blueprint inspiration from Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA), to reduce walking times to immigration by placing immigration counters in the center of the concourse, and then let international arrivals passengers go down to the Plane Train after immigration. Then, in this case, the E gates could be converted back to a domestic concourse.
I just did this asinine walk for the nth time in my life today and decided to google it. Thank you for the video. I am based out of ATL, and mainly fly DL, so I almost ALWAYS get dumped onto this ridiculous journey. I didn't think to video it like you (THANK YOU!), but did clock it on my Apple Watch, but it was more than your .6 miles until I FINALLY got to the International Terminal Atrium, at about 25 minutes (not stopping at all, and taking the moving walkways). I travel regularly to a lot of third world countries for extended periods (2 or 3 months), so take a non-rolling max size carry on backpack that is NOT light, and my smaller pack. I just can't believe when they designed all this crap that this is the best they could come up with! ABSOLUTELY should be a train or something. BAD PLANNING ATL!!! I bet this pisses off a whole lotta peeps coming into ATL for the first time, it does me each time I have to do it. Great first impression, welcome to ATL! DUH! At least I finally broke down and got Global Entry, so didn't have to wait in the customs line. Then on top of it all, I totally believe in public transportation, so when you are done doing all this idiotic underground walking, then I have to get on a 20+ minute bus ride (depending on traffic) to get from International to the Domestic terminal. So much for the busiest airport, also the stupidest in my book. Just add it to all the other bad things that hurt this city's image. Off of soapbox.
There DOES need to be a quicker way to make the land-side trip from international to domestic. (And a shorter walk to customs from concourse E.). Additionally, Despite being the de facto capital of the southeastern U.S., the City of Atlanta as a whole doesn’t have a very robust public transportation system like other cities such as NYC, Chicago, or Boston. MARTA is a joke compared to their public transportation systems.
You are so right about that. I travel all around the world, and in cities of comparable, or even smaller size than Atlanta, they have a much more extensive metro system. I happen to be lucky to be within a 10 minute walk of a Marta station, which with a trasfer in 5P will get me to the airport, or Midtown. But other than that it’s fairly useless. And besides, the lack of coverage, the frequency of trains in Atlanta is about 5 to 7 times as long as other cities, which have trains and buses every three or four minutes. But I think part of the problem is also the mindset, I think most middle-class people in this town refuse to take Marta…
They really need to consider adding a secure plane train to connect passengers from E to F because that walk is EXTREMELY long after an 8 hour international flight.
I wholeheartedly agree!
You mean a separate Plane Train that directs international passengers through to Immigration
Ty sm great video!!! Any idea, where british airways lands from heathrow airport?
Most likely concourse F which means you won’t have such a long walk to customs.immigration
Thanks for video ! Just a question the immigration section when entering the US for the first time is the same as customs ??
Yes, it is all together.
hey Brian, great video! is there a way to get to international baggage claim to meet someone. I will be arriving in the A gates concourse
You can take the Plane train from Concourse A to Concourse F (where international baggage claim is located) but I’m not sure if you can actually get into the international baggage claim area. I’ve never done this but it’s possible it can be done - I’m just not certain. If it could be done you would then have to figure out where to go from there. If your final stop is Atlanta mo problem. Otherwise you would need to redo security checks etc.
Is the customs area quite large then? Seems to be quite well structured to allow alot of people to pass through quickly... how long do you think an international resident would take to pass through immigration to baggage claim?
It really depends on how many international arrivals there are when you land and how many agents are working. It has never taken me more than 25-30 minutes.
Wonder why they just don't use the custom facilities in terminal E for any inbound international flights and save people from that really long walk? Everything still looks set up and ready to go.
An excellent question. I have never seen them in use personally but I have had a view viewers mention that they have went through the Concourse E customs before. Maybe it is one used in certain situations or circumstances, but what those situations or circumstances would be I have no idea
Thank you, this is a great video! I have a question, after i go through customs, even if i have a connecting flight with the same airline, will i still have to go to baggage claims, recheck the bag, and go through tsa again? Sorry, im a newbie to flying lol
The airline should transfer it automatically on a domestic flight, no need to claim it. Just to be sure when you check in for your first flight and drop your bag off ask them if it will be “checked through”. If it is an incoming international flight you will have to claim it and then almost immediately recheck it. If it is an outgoing international it will be checked through. I hope that makes sense…. If not I can try to clarify. Hope you have a great trip!
@@bozy106 ahh okay thank you for your response! Ill be coming back from a trip to Mexico and transferring through atl. Thank goodness the layover gives me enough time to go through customs and the whole shebang. Thanks again!
@@incrediblydopeish check out my video ua-cam.com/video/21CMcw4GZWQ/v-deo.html at around the 13 minute and 8 second mark. It shows how close international baggage claim is to where you recheck your bag and go back through security for connecting incoming international flights.
@@bozy106 Once you get checked by customs and cleared you don't have your bagged checked? You just claim it and turn it in for the rest of the domestic flight home?
@@jeep146 At ATL airport Customs scans and sniffs it for anything they are concerned about before it’s delivered to the baggage claim for you to get. If they find something in your bag you will definitely be notified!
It looked like you were the only international flight arriving in E. What did you do to anger them into making you walk that far?
Lol. I don’t know but I promise I won’t do it again!
Do I need to claim and recheck my bags if I'm incoming from mexico and outgoing to Amsterdam? Thanks 🙂
I believe you will but the luggage recheck area is right after the pickup area
Boy they weren't kidding about a long walk holy cow
We certainly got our exercise in for that day!
TERRIBLE design. There's pleeeeenty of room to install a small train and get people there in less than 5 minutes. I pray I never have to make an international flight through this airport.
That long connecting cave from E-F was a terrible idea. They could just let passengers do their custom process at the same concourse they got off at
It IS a significant and somewhat inconvenient walk!
@@bozy106 what if I try to do the immigration process at E just to avoid going through the long walk? If you think it’s sneaking, it’s not really sneaking if you do the immigration process as quickly as possible.
@@Myfavoritecuties from my understanding they will only allow/permit you to travel in one direction so they kind of herd you where they want you to go. I don’t think you’ll have an opportunity…. But if you’re able to do it somehow I’d love to hear about it!
@@bozy106 was it late at night when you arrived?
@@Myfavoritecuties probably around 9pm if I remember correctly.
So is it possible for someone to avoid customs by branching to baggage claim in the walkway to custooms
No, The walkway to customs only goes to customs, there is no opportunity to go elsewhere . There is no way to get to baggage claim except through customs
E to T is about a 1 mile walk. And the subway does go out at times. E to F walking is bad enough! That said, ATL is one of the easiest airports in the world to navigate.
It’s is laid you pretty well once you understand it
What about international departures? Is 1.5 hours long enough from plane to plane?
That should be plenty of time. The longest part is customs/passport control which I’ve never had take more than 30-40 minutes for me and that was because several international flights arrived at the around the same time.
I just recently booked a flight for my Filipina fiancee who is coming from the Philippines and she will be landing at this airport for customs on a k1 visa. I went through this same airport back in July of 2019 after visiting her in the Philippines. Things do look different now. I am hoping to possibly book a same day round trip from Roanoke VA to this airport and back in the same day because I want to try and meet her in the airport after she gets through customs. To be honest I'm concerned that she might get lost after she gets through customs trying to find her luggage and the fact she has to recheck it to her last flight and find the gate. This is a very big airport. I may go and meet her that day so I can fly back with her. And the walk to customs looks like it will take longer than 20 minutes to get to. She will have a little over 6 hours layover so that will help her some if I'm not able to fly over to Hartsfield and meet her. I just don't want her to get lost.
The walk really depends on if her airplane arrives at a gate in concourse E (which will be a long walk to customs) or her flight arrives at a gate in concourse F (which will be a short walk). Either way, the path you will have to walk will only allow you to go to customs and no where else. There is only 1 international baggage claim area and the key is following the sign directing her to “Connecting Baggage & Flights” as shown at timestamp 17:28 . If you want to see the walk from international baggage claim to this sign just watch my other video ua-cam.com/video/21CMcw4GZWQ/v-deo.html
My K-1 Filipina Lands in 4 hours E28 ..ATL is the final.....So the walk will not be as bad ... but I was hoping for a F concourse arrival. also worried she will get lost.
I haven't gone through immigration in ATL for a decade plus. I could swear you went down a level to immigration then through customs. Then yesterday coming from BOG from E36 I went up a level then back down to to level 2... when did re-design this happen?
Its likely in the past you debarked the plane at one of the gates in Concourse F. When you arrive at these F-gates you only go down and then after a short walk you go through Immigration/Customs. This is because most all flights coming into Concourse F are international arrivals. However, if you arrive at a gate in Concourse E, it depends on if it is an international or domestic flight as to where you go. If its domestic, you exit onto the Concourse where all the other gates, the Plane Train, etc are. If it is an international flight they make you go up an escalator which leads to a hallway above the regular gates on Concourse E. This hallway funnels incoming international travelers towards Immigration/Customs. There is no way to exit this hallway without going through Immigration/Customs, therefore no way for travelers to sneak into the country without having their documents examined. At the end of this hallway over E-gates, you go down a series of escalators that takes you below the E-gates and beneath the tarmac between Concourse E and F. That’s why the walk from the E-gates to Immigration/Customs seems so long, because you are actually walking to Concourse F and the Immigration/Customs hall there.
If you want to see the shorter walk to Immigration/Customs watch my video ua-cam.com/video/21CMcw4GZWQ/v-deo.html&feature=shares
@@bozy106 No, I know the difference between Concourse F and E. I've never been through Concourse F arriving or departing. We deplaned at E36.
What I remember is arriving from Brussels at an E gate and both customs and immigration were on the second floor. There wasn't a a forth floor like when I deplaned a few days ago.
@@joshsmith5750 hmm….. I’m not sure then. Every time I’ve ever deplaned at Concourse E I’ve had to go up and then waaaaaay down. Maybe one day in the future I’ll get to go a different way I’ve never seen…. I hope so and then I can record it for everyone!
@@joshsmith5750 I do know that there are customs/immigration provisions on the upper floor of Concourse E but I’ve never seen them operating or open… they’ve always guided me past them and then to Concourse F.
Do they check your baggage in customs at the Atlanta Airport
Typically this happens behind the scenes. Customs often employs trained canines that can sniff/detect agricultural products and illegal substances. Occasionally you'll see them walking through various locations at ATL.
OMG, coming from KLAS I will have 55 minutes to reach my international connection!
Don’t worry. This video is of a traveler coming back to the United States. If you are starting in Los Vegas, connecting in ATL and then leaving the country on an international flight you won’t have to deal with this. It is a much quicker gate to gate transfer without going through customs.
@@bozy106 I hope I do migrations in LV!
What about F for arrival after qatar airways pls?
Try this video beginning around the 8 min 15 sec mark - ua-cam.com/video/21CMcw4GZWQ/v-deo.html
If it was from the F gates, then it would be a shorter walk
where did you fly from?
The Dominican. It was beautiful.
@@bozy106 thanks but where Dominican
Lots of stinky poo toilets you pass by in the airport on the way to the main concourse.
Helpp! We are flying from europe to ATL airport and then we have a connecting flight to Cancun. We never been in ATL airport. We have 2 hours between our flights🥴 I saw in your videoa then we have to go through costums. 🥲Do you have some tips of information for us?
When arriving at ATL from Europe you will arrive at either Concourse E or F at ATL. This video shows me walking from the gate on Concourse E that is the furthest from customs, so the walk on my video will probably not be your experience. If your flight arrives at Concourse F you will have an even shorter walk. Watch the end of my other video here : ua-cam.com/video/21CMcw4GZWQ/v-deo.html&feature=shares to see another international arrival.
The flow is simple.... when you get off the plane the corridor leads you to customs/immigration, the exit from customs/immigration leads to international baggage claim. Get your bags and exit baggage claim through the only doors you can go out. The signs above the door will direct travelers with connecting flights to go left. When you go left you will re-check your bag with your airline and then you'll have access to the departure gates.
@@bozy106 I think you forgot one step there. After re-checking the luggage you will have to go through TSA again before getting 'airside'.
But, since you are a frequent ATL traveller, could you tell me if at immigration they still have the old Global Entry kiosks or the newer ones? I got fully approved just last Tuesday, so I fully intend to make use of that in June 🙂
@@ganymedes62 the recheck through TSA is correct. Honestly, I have never paid a lot of attention to the Global Entry kiosks so I am unsure. (I don’t have Global Entry, I just wait in the long lines…)