# @businessinsider on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=tQ-cDwQupj8
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33642841-businessinsider-youtube
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/0fd16129f8.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-11-05T16:00:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) — https://gondola.cc/BusinessInsider

## Caption

Air traffic controllers at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport are in charge of 909,431 takeoffs and landings at the world's busiest airport (in a normal year). But the job isn't easy. Not only are lives on the line, but any mistake at Atlanta could cause a ripple effect of delays across the country and the world. Pre-pandemic, Business Insider went up inside America's tallest air traffic control tower to learn what it takes to be one of 58 air traffic controllers here.

Editor's Note: The video incorrectly states that Atlanta tower directed 190,000 flights in 2019. The accurate number is 909,431 flights in 2019.

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What It Takes To Be An Air Traffic Controller At The World's Busiest Airport | Business Insider

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| Business Insider | @BusinessInsider | https://gondola.cc/BusinessInsider | Media Company |
| Clayton Dyer | @claytondyerproduces | https://gondola.cc/claytondyerproduces | Video Editor |

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