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Atlanta airport becomes first venue to join Foursquare’s million check-in club

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on February 11th, 2013

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Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport today became the first Foursquare venue to reach one million check-ins.

Given that airports are one of Foursquare’s most popular categories and Atlanta is the busiest of the bunch, it makes sense that it would be the first to reach the milestone. It long ago surpassed San Francisco International Airport, which became the first venue to top 100,000 check-ins on September 5, 2010 (it currently stands at 896,000 check-ins).

Foursquare took the opportunity to share some interesting tidbits about ATL gleaned from their check-in data:

  • According to Foursquare, Monday is the airport’s biggest day for travel, and Terminal B sees the most traffic, on average.
  • Frequent ATL fliers love dining at One Flew South more than any other in-airport restaurant (it also has the highest rating!).
  • Those looking to kill time tend to walk by the permanent collection ofsculptures from Zimbabwe while waiting for their flight.

Congratulations to Atlanta on being the first location to reach a million check-ins. Enjoy your reign, because it won’t be long before other venues join the club.

/Photo CC-licensed on Flickr by Joseph De Palma

  • http://twitter.com/ShannonRenee Shannon Renee Mouton

    I wonder how many people have checked-in and where in the world they are from.

    • http://twitter.com/blackstaffer Eric

      As of this post… 280,761 people checked in so far a total of
      1,001,853 times

  • http://twitter.com/KennyWick1 Kenny Wick

    I added a few of those checkins…usually the trip from Richmond home to New Orleans. ATL is such a pain in the butt airport, too freakin crowded and I’ve never had my connection at the same terminal.

    • http://www.facebook.com/mercedes.sherman Mercedes Sherman

      Heartsfield-Jackson is a glorious wonderland in comparisson to Charles De Gaulle airport. If you ever have to pass through there, prepare to rock back and forth in a corner and cry yourself to sleep.

  • http://www.chaffro.tumblr.com Chaffro

    I imagined there would’ve been more blue dots on the map.

    • http://aboutfoursquare.com/ Chris Thompson

      Those only show the last hundred check-ins. So, at ATL those dots get cycled through about ten times a day! Hard to believe.

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