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Delta Air Lines Headquarters & offices · Atlanta, Georgia
Delta Air Lines · Atlanta, Georgia
The airline still works around the hangars it moved into in 1941 — now a 68,000 sq ft museum in the heart of its Atlanta headquarters.
The campus next to the world's busiest airport, unlimited standby travel and a profit-sharing plan that pays every eligible employee — then 100 years of moves from a crop-dusting office in Macon. Every number from Delta's filings, ESG report, careers site and its own museum.
- 1941year the HQ moved to Atlanta
- 68,000 sq ftmuseum inside the original 1940s hangars
- Unlimitedstandby travel on any Delta flight
- $1.3Bprofit sharing paid in Feb 2026
Sources: Form 10-K 2025 · Proxy statement 2026 · Delta ESG Hub 2025 · delta.com careers · Delta Flight Museum
Companies / United States / Airlines / Delta Air Lines
THE HEADQUARTERS · 1030 DELTA BOULEVARD, ATLANTA
A headquarters built around its own 1940s hangars
Delta's general offices sit at the Atlanta airport on land leased from the City of Atlanta, next to its largest maintenance base, training and flight-kitchen facilities. In the middle of the campus stand the original 1940s aircraft hangars, now the 68,000 sq ft Delta Flight Museum. Office buildings carry the names of people who shaped Delta: the Ambassador Andrew J. Young International Building, whose lobby was remodeled with museum display cases, and the Grinstein Executive Building.
- 1940s hangars at the center
- 68,000 sq ft museum
- Historic Aerospace Site (2011)
- Within a mile of ATL
- Andrew J. Young International Building
The 1940s hangars at the heart of the HQ (Delta Flight Museum)
In the middle of the campus stand Delta's original 1940s aircraft hangars, now the 68,000 sq ft Delta Flight Museum.
Around the Atlanta headquarters
Delta's general offices sit at the Atlanta airport on land leased from the City of Atlanta, next to its largest maintenance base, training and flight-kitchen facilities.
Buildings named for the people who shaped Delta
In 2021 the A2 Building was renamed the Ambassador Andrew J. Young International Building, and in 2024 the Executive Building was renamed for former CEO Jerry Grinstein.
Facts: Form 10-K 2025, Item 2 · Delta Flight Museum (Museum History; Delta Honors Ambassador Andrew Young) · Delta News Hub (Grinstein Executive Building)
The Atlanta campus
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Headquarters (Investor Relations, Corporate Secretary) | 1030 Delta Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30354 |
| Delta Flight Museum (1940s hangars) | 1060 Delta Blvd., Atlanta, GA 30354 |
Source: Proxy statement 2026 · Delta Flight Museum (visit page) · See them on the map ↓
Source: Form 10-K 2025, Item 2 · Delta Flight Museum (Museum History)
Benefits (United States)
Unlimited standby privileges to any Delta destination, plus discounts on confirmed fares, Delta Vacations and Delta Cargo.
Of each employee's eligible earnings for 2025 — $1.3B in total, paid February 2026.
Automatic 3% company contribution for most ground and flight attendant employees, plus a 100% match up to 6%.
At 100% base pay for birthing parents; 2 weeks at 100% for non-birthing, adoptive and surrogate parents.
Paid vacation by years of service, plus 7 paid personal days.
Up to $30,000 for fertility, surrogacy and adoption support.
Delta-sponsored counseling or coaching sessions a year through Spring Health.
Monthly operational incentive, up to $1,200 a year; employees earned $67M for 2025.
Source: Delta ESG Hub 2025 (Compensation and Total Rewards; Wellness) · delta.com careers benefits page. Seasonal employees may not receive every benefit.
Why people stay: what Delta itself reports
Delta's 2025 engagement survey found average tenure exceeding a decade.
Delta's reported attrition rate for 2025, counting all roles.
Share of corporate and management jobs filled with internal talent in 2025; 32% came from frontline roles.
Employees who made lateral moves or were promoted internally in 2025.
Every profitable year, eligible employees worldwide share 10% of adjusted profits up to $2.5B and 20% above that.
Twelve Business Resource Groups connect employees with shared interests.
Source: Delta ESG Hub 2025 (High-Performance Culture; Talent Management and Development; Compensation and Total Rewards)
Who works here
full-time equivalent employees (Dec 31, 2025)
based in the United States
of employees are veterans
represented by unions
Source: Form 10-K 2025, Human Capital · Delta ESG Hub 2025, Workforce Demographics
Pay at Delta Air Lines
Calculated over 115,044 U.S. employees, including part-time and seasonal staff. CEO Ed Bastian earned about 190 times this amount.
Source: Proxy statement, April 24, 2026
Delta doesn't publish pay by age. Frontline employees are paid on fixed scales by role; the flight attendant scale rises more than 120% over the first 12 years.
Office history: from a crop-dusting office in Macon to the Atlanta airport
- 1925 The first office: the Bibb Building, Macon
On February 18, 1925, Huff, Daland & Company opened its crop-dusting subsidiary in the Bibb Building in downtown Macon, Georgia, while the city built a $5,000 hangar at Camp Wheeler. Huff Daland Dusters, Delta's predecessor, was incorporated on March 2, 1925.
Source: Delta Flight Museum, “Founding”
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1925 Headquarters moves to Monroe, Louisiana
In July 1925 the company closed its Macon office to move headquarters to a more central location in the Mississippi Delta region. From fall 1925 it worked out of Monroe Aviation Field, renamed Smoot Field in 1926.
Source: Delta Flight Museum, “Founding”
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1928 Selman Field and a new name
The company moved to better facilities at Selman Field in Monroe in 1928. On December 3, 1928, local investors led by C.E. Woolman bought the dusting business and incorporated Delta Air Service, named for the Mississippi Delta.
Source: Delta Flight Museum, “Founding”
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1941 Headquarters moves to Atlanta
In 1941 Delta moved its headquarters from Monroe to Atlanta, the center of its new 16-city route system. It has been a tenant at the Atlanta airport since 1934.
Source: Delta Flight Museum, timeline 1940s and “90 years to Atlanta!”
Delta's 1940s hangars, Atlanta (today) · © Delta Flight Museum - 1995 The 1940s hangars become a museum
Delta's original 1940s-era aircraft hangars became a heritage museum and DC-3 restoration facility in 1995. They were named a Historic Aerospace Site in 2011 and renovated and air-conditioned in 2012–2014.
Source: Delta Flight Museum, “Museum History”
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2021 The A2 Building is renamed
On March 11, 2021, Delta renamed the A2 Building at its headquarters the Ambassador Andrew J. Young International Building, with a remodeled lobby and museum display cases.
Source: Delta Flight Museum, “Delta Honors Ambassador Andrew Young”
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2024 The Grinstein Executive Building
As Delta approached its 100th anniversary, the Executive Building on its main campus was renamed for former CEO Jerry Grinstein.
Source: Delta News Hub, “Celebrating the servant leadership of Jerry Grinstein”
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it.
Map: how the headquarters moved
From an office building in downtown Macon to two airfields in Monroe, Louisiana, then 1941's move to the Atlanta airport — where the original hangars still stand beside today's headquarters.
- 1 · 1925Bibb Building, downtown Macon, Georgia — Huff Daland Dusters' first office
- 2 · 1928Selman Field, Monroe, Louisiana — Delta Air Service's base after 1928
- 3 · 19411940s hangars, 1060 Delta Blvd., Atlanta — First Atlanta headquarters; now the Delta Flight Museum
- 4 · Today1030 Delta Boulevard, Atlanta — Delta headquarters at the Atlanta airport
Places: Delta Flight Museum (“Founding”, visit page) · Proxy statement 2026 · Locations: OpenStreetMap
What Delta Air Lines does
Delta is a U.S. network airline. Its domestic network centers on core hubs in Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis-St. Paul and Salt Lake City, with coastal hubs and partner airlines carrying it abroad. It also owns the Trainer oil refinery in Pennsylvania that supplies jet fuel.
Two reportable segments: airline and refinery.
Where the money came from · passenger revenue by region, 2025
Source: Form 10-K 2025, Passenger revenue by geographic region
Source: Form 10-K 2025 · per-employee figure calculated by eciffo
Growth: revenue vs. people
$39.5B → $63.4B
84,000 → 103,000
Calendar years. Revenue: SEC XBRL (operating revenue from 10-K filings). Employees: SEC XBRL cover data from Form 10-K, full-time equivalents (2019 not tagged). Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
Delta's ninth CEO since May 2, 2016. Joined Delta in 1998; President 2007–2016.
Eighth CEO; former CEO of Northwest Airlines, which merged with Delta in 2008.
Seventh CEO; the Executive Building now carries his name.
Principal founder; ran the company as general manager from 1928 and became its first CEO.
Principal founder: C.E. Woolman, with Monroe banker Travis Oliver and the investors who formed Delta Air Service in 1928.
Source: Delta Flight Museum, “Chairmen, CEOs & Presidents” and “Founding” · Proxy statement 2026
Delta Air Lines: questions people ask
Where is Delta Air Lines' headquarters?
At 1030 Delta Boulevard in Atlanta, Georgia, at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Most of Delta's principal offices are there on land leased from the City of Atlanta, next to its largest maintenance base.
Source: Proxy statement 2026 · Form 10-K 2025, Item 2
When did Delta move its headquarters to Atlanta?
In 1941, from Monroe, Louisiana. Atlanta became the center of Delta's new 16-city route system.
Source: Delta Flight Museum, timeline
Where was Delta founded?
As Huff Daland Dusters, a crop-dusting company. Its first office opened in the Bibb Building in downtown Macon, Georgia, in February 1925; it moved to Monroe, Louisiana, later that year, and became Delta Air Service there in 1928.
Source: Delta Flight Museum, “Founding”
Can you visit Delta's headquarters?
The offices are not open to the public, but the Delta Flight Museum is. It fills Delta's original 1940s hangars at the headquarters, 68,000 sq ft in all, with a Boeing 747-400 open to visitors across the parking lot. Advance tickets are recommended.
Source: Delta Flight Museum (Museum History; Hours & Admissions)
How many people work at Delta?
About 103,000 full-time equivalent employees at the end of 2025, about 100,000 of them in the United States.
Source: Form 10-K 2025
What benefits does Delta offer?
In the U.S.: unlimited standby travel on Delta, annual profit sharing (8.9% of eligible earnings for 2025), a 401(k) with a 3% automatic contribution plus a match up to 6%, up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave for birthing parents, and 12 counseling sessions a year.
Source: Delta ESG Hub 2025 · delta.com careers
How does Delta's profit sharing work?
Each profitable year Delta pays eligible employees worldwide 10% of adjusted profits up to $2.5 billion and 20% above that, on February 14. For 2025 it paid $1.3 billion; $11.4 billion has been shared since 2015.
Source: Delta ESG Hub 2025 · Form 10-K 2025
How much does the median Delta employee make?
$100,976 in total compensation in 2025, according to Delta's proxy statement. The CEO's pay was about 190 times that.
Source: Proxy statement 2026
What is Delta's employee turnover rate?
Delta reported a 5% attrition rate for 2025, and average tenure of more than a decade.
Source: Delta ESG Hub 2025
Who is Delta's CEO?
Ed Bastian, Delta's ninth CEO since May 2016. He joined Delta in 1998 and was President from 2007 to 2016.
Source: Proxy statement 2026 · Delta Flight Museum
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