TIPS FOR ARRIVING ON TIME

HOW EARLY SHOULD YOU GET TO THE AIRPORT?

Officials in Atlanta recommend getting to the airport terminal at least two hours before domestic flights and three hours before international flights.

You can get updates on parking and security wait times at the airport’s website: atl.com.

If you are picking up or dropping off family or friends at the domestic terminal, the airport recommends using the Terminal North and Terminal South upper levels.

ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO:

■ Navigate airport roads

■ Find parking

■ Check oversized bags

■ Get special assistance: Some wheelchair handling contractors are short-staffed, requiring longer waits.

■ Travel with pets/animals (Keep your pet in its carrier and try to avoid any checkpoints with a working TSA dog, since other animals — including service animals — can distract the working dog.)

PARKING:

■ Hartsfield-jackson has opened two new park-ride options in the past year and reopened other parking lots.

The airport previously reduced its parking rates due to COVID-19 but has now raised the rates back up to pre-pandemic levels. Airport shuttles are back to normal operations.

Economy parking near the terminal now costs $14 a day while daily parking is $19 a day. Hourly parking costs $3 per hour for the first and second hours.

The new ATL West parking deck at 4199 Skytrain Way in College Park is connected to the domestic terminal by Skytrain and allows you to pay via Peach Pass. It costs $16 a day, which is more than economy parking but less than daily parking.

The new ATL Select park-ride lot is located at 1800 Sullivan Road in College Park, a new option after the closure of Park Ride Lot A to make way for construction of a taxiway end-around. The ATL Select lot costs $10 a day for uncovered parking, which is the same price as Park Ride Lot C that’s also now open. ATL Select covered parking costs $14 a day, the same rate as economy parking.

There are also a variety of off-airport parking lots along Camp Creek Parkway and other locations around the airport. It’s a good idea to check with your off-airport parking lot operator for any changes or new policies.

RIDESHARE/PUBLIC TRANSPORT

■ UBER, LYFT PICKUP ZONES: Uber and Lyft pickups at the domestic terminal were previously moved to the lower level curbside during the pandemic when traffic plummeted.

But now the airport is again directing passengers to an Uber/lyft Rideshare Pickup Zone near the Terminal North economy lot, about a five-minute walk from the terminal.

There will be no Uber and Lyft pickup areas at Terminal South. Drop-offs before your flight will still be at curbside.

To get to the new Rideshare Pickup Zone, walk through the Terminal North baggage claim, then take an escalator down to the lower level. Exit out to the curbside and follow orange signs to walk across the crosswalk, go into the parking deck, turn left at the sign and follow the path. Cross over another crosswalk to the pickup zone and then request your ride after arriving.