Albuquerque International Sunport

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Albuquerque International Sunport
IATA: ABQ - ICAO: KABQ
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator City of Albuquerque
Serves Albuquerque, New Mexico
Elevation AMSL 5,355 ft (1,632.2 m)
Coordinates 35°02′25″N, 106°36′33″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 10,000 3,048 Concrete
8/26 13,793 4,204 Concrete
12/30 6,000 1,829 Concrete
17/35 10,000 3,048 Asphalt/Concrete

Albuquerque International Sunport (IATA: ABQ, ICAO: KABQ) is a public airport located 3 miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district of Albuquerque, a city in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA. It is the largest commercial airport in the state, handling 6,471,205 passengers in 2005.[1]

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Albuquerque in the 1930s was served by two private airports, West Mesa Airport and Oxnard Field. Around 1935 it was suggested that the city build a new public airport using WPA money. Having secured $520,500 USD in funding, Governor Clyde Tingley broke ground for the project on February 28, 1937. Albuquerque Municipal Airport opened in 1939 with two paved runways, a Pueblo Style terminal building designed by Ernest Blumenthal, and a massive hangar designed to accommodate the new Boeing 307.[2]

The airport took on a new role in 1940 when it was designated Albuquerque Army Air Base, the precursor to today's Kirtland Air Force Base. The airport continues to share its runways with Kirtland, which also handles rescue and firefighting operations.

The present terminal was constructed in 1965 on a site just east of the original terminal. It has since been expanded twice, first in the late 1980s and most recently in 1996. The old terminal has been restored and currently houses offices of the Transportation Security Administration. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

ABQ's terminal, which was expanded to its present size in the late 1980s and again in 1996, encompasses 574,000 sq. ft. of space.

The airport has one passenger terminal that is designed in the Spanish-Pueblo style of architecture which houses 2 concourses and an area for commuter airline gates.

The count of passengers at the Sunport has seen an average per year increase of 2% over the last 15 years.[3]

The airport's freight center moved 166,342,643 pounds of cargo in 2005..[4]

Albuquerque International Sunport has a single terminal with 23 gates in two concourses. There is also an area for commuter airline gates.

  • Northwest Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
  • Southwest Airlines (Amarillo, Baltimore/Washington, Chicago-Midway, Dallas-Love, El Paso, Houston-Hobby, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, Oakland,Ontario, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland (OR), St. Louis, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Seattle/Tacoma, Tampa, Tucson)
  • United Airlines (Denver, Washington-Dulles)

Concourse location to be determined:

  • ExpressJet Airlines (Austin [begins June 4], Oklahoma City [begins April 16], Ontario [begins April 16], Sacramento [begins May 21], San Antonio [begins June 12], Tulsa [begins April 16])

ABQ RIDE offers bus service at the southside of the baggage claim area.

Regularly scheduled bus and shuttle service is provided by various carriers to locations from ABQ to the city as well as Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Taxis can be hailed through the Ground Transportation employees outside the baggage claim areas.

  1. ↑  Sunport Facts and Figures
  2. ↑  Biebel, Charles D. (1986). Making the Most of It: Public Works in Albuquerque during the Great Depression 1929-1942. Albuquerque: The Albuquerque Museum, pp. 66-67.
  3. ↑  Aviation Safety Network
  4. ↑  Palmer, Mo (August 10, 2006). "Remembering past tragedies." The Albuquerque Tribune.
  5. ↑  Aviation Safety Network
  6. ↑  (September 15, 1977). "20 die in Air Force plane crash." Associated Press.

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