Albuquerque International Sunport
Albuquerque International Sunport is a public
airport located 3 miles (5 km) southeast of
Albuquerque, in
Bernalillo County,
New Mexico. The airport's
IATA airport code ABQ is also
Amtrak's 3-letter
code for its
rail station.
The airport has no runways itself and instead shares the main runway of
Kirtland Air Force Base of the
United States Air Force. It is not unusual to see military aircraft, including
F-117 Stealth Fighters, taking off within close sight of the terminal.
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 and has 23 gates in two concourses.
Albuquerque International Sunport handled 6,471,205 passengers in 2005. The count of passengers at the Sunport has seen a average per year increase of 2% over the last 15 years.
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.
Terminal Map
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Northwest Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
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Southwest Airlines (Amarillo, Baltimore/Washington, Chicago-Midway, Dallas-Love, El Paso, Houston-Hobby, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, Oakland, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland (OR), St. Louis, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Seattle/Tacoma, Tampa, Tucson)
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United Airlines (Denver, Washington-Dulles [starts September 6th, 2006])
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United Express operated by
SkyWest (Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco)
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United Express operated by
Shuttle America (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver)
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United Express operated by
Trans States Airlines (San Antonio)
Terminal Map
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American Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth)
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Continental Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental, Newark [seasonal])
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Continental Express operated by
ExpressJet Airlines (Cleveland [seasonal], Houston-Intercontinental)
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Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)
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Delta Connection operated by
SkyWest (Salt Lake City)
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Frontier Airlines (Denver)
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Frontier JetExpress operated by
Horizon Air (Denver)
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US Airways**
US Airways operated by
America West Airlines (Las Vegas, Phoenix)
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Great Lakes Airlines (Clovis, Silver City)
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Mesa Airlines**
Mesa Airlines operated by
Air Midwest (Carlsbad, Colorado Springs, Farmington, Roswell)
The airport's freight center moved 166,342,643 pounds of cargo in 2005
Cargo Airlines
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Airborne Express (DHL)
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FedEx*
United Parcel ServiceA Concourse
:A1-United Airlines:A2-United Airlines:A3-United Airlines:A4-United Airlines:A5-Southwest Airlines:A6-Southwest Airlines:A7-Southwest Airlines:A8-Southwest Airlines:A9-Southwest Airlines:A10-Northwest Airlines:A11-Southwest Airlines:A12-Northwest Airlines:A14-Vacant
B Concourse
:B1-American Airlines:B2-Vacant:B3-American Airlines:B4-US Airways/America West:B5-Continental Airlines:B6-Frontier Airlines:B7-Vacant:B8-Delta Air Lines:B9-Vacant:B10-Delta Air Lines
* On
February 19,
1955,
TWA Flight 260, a
Martin 4-0-4, crashed into the
Sandia Mountains shortly after takeoff. All 16 people on board the flight perished.
* On
November 3,
1973,
National Airlines Flight 27, a
McDonnell Douglas DC-10, suffered a catastrophic engine failure while in-flight. Shrapnel from the engine struck the fuselage and caused an explosive decompression of the aircraft. One person was sucked out of the cabin. The plane was able to make an emergency landing at ABQ.
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Albuquerque International Sunport (official site)*
Accident Database
