William B. Hartsfield had the vision of making Atlanta a global center of air travel. Maynard H. Jackson brought that dream to fruition, building the massive new terminal that bore Hartsfield's name.

More than 10 years ago, a campaign arose to change the name of the airport from Hartsfield to Jackson. The grand compromise? Call it Hartsfield-Jackson.

And so we did. Well, some of us. Well, a few of us. Sometimes.

People called the airport "Hartsfield" for decades. A lot of them still do.

Maynard Jackson's family is understandably concerned about this, and now the Atlanta City Council is, too. So the council's Transportation Committee passed a resolution demanding answers, and on Wednesday the airport unveiled its plan to double down on Hartsfield-Jackson.

See what the airport came up with on MyAJC.com.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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