Albuquerque International Sunport

For the USAF use of this facility, see Kirtland Air Force Base. For the former airport serving Albuquerque, see Oxnard Field. For the ABC television station serving Brisbane, see ABQ.

Albuquerque International Sunport
Summary
Airport typeMilitary/Public
OwnerCity of Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
OperatorAlbuquerque Aviation Department
ServesAlbuquerque metropolitan area
Location2200 Sunport Boulevard SE
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Time zoneMST (UTC−07:00)
 • Summer (DST)MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL5,355 ft / 1,632 m
Coordinates35°02′21.6″N 106°36′38.8″W / 35.039333°N 106.610778°W / 35.039333; -106.610778
Websiteabqsunport.com
Maps
FAA diagram
FAA diagram
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03/21 10,000 3,048 Concrete
08/26 13,793 4,204 Concrete
12/30 6,000 1,829 Concrete
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations (year ending 2/28/2023)142,639
Total passengers (July 2022-June 2023)5,008,623
Sources: airport website[1][2] and FAA[3]

Albuquerque International Sunport (IATA: ABQ, ICAO: KABQ, FAA LID: ABQ), locally known as the Sunport, is the primary international airport serving the U.S. state of New Mexico, particularly the Albuquerque metropolitan area and the larger Albuquerque–Santa Fe–Los Alamos combined statistical area. It handles around 5.4 million passengers annually and over 400 flights daily.[4] ABQ is located in Bernalillo County, between the Rio Grande and the Sandia Mountains, east of Old Town and Barelas, 3 miles (5 km) southeast of downtown, south of the University of New Mexico and directly to the west of Sandia National Laboratories and Kirtland Air Force Base.[3]

ABQ is a focus airport for Southwest Airlines, which accounts for over half of all passengers,[5] and is served by several other major airlines, including Advanced Air, Alaska, American, Delta, JetBlue, Spirit, Sun Country and United; cargo airlines serving the Sunport are FedEx Express, UPS Airlines, Empire Airlines (FedEx Feeder carrier), Ameriflight, Amazon Prime Air (operated by Sun Country), and South Aero.[6] ABQ is the center of the Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZAB), which is responsible for the airspace over most of Arizona and New Mexico, as well as parts of Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas.

ABQ has a wide range of restaurants and shops, including national brands such as Hudson News and Book Sellers and Panda Express.[7] It also features regional gift shops and local eateries such as Black Mesa Coffee, Rio Grande Brew Pub & Grill, and New Mexican cuisine restaurants like Tia Juanita's and Comida Buena.[8][9]

The Sunport is unique for its low-lying structure and Pueblo Revival architecture, which references Albuquerque's Tiquex and Hispano heritage and New Mexico's Pueblo and Nuevo México roots. In a 2023 J.D. Power study, it ranked fifth among medium-sized airports in the U.S. based on customer satisfaction surveys.[10]

  1. ^ "Airport". City of Albuquerque. Archived from the original on August 27, 2015. Retrieved September 4, 2015.[self-published source]
  2. ^ "Albuquerque Int'l Sunport December 2023 Fiscal Year 2024 Passenger Activity" (PDF). abqsunport.com. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for ABQ PDF, effective January 25, 2024.
  4. ^ "Facts and Figures". Albuquerque International Sunport. City of Albuquerque. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
  5. ^ "Facts & Figures". Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  6. ^ "Facts & Figures". Albuquerque International Sunport. Archived from the original on July 19, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  7. ^ "Albuquerque International Sunport - ABQ Flights - Allegiant". Allegiant. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  8. ^ Alexander, Kevin (November 9, 2014). "Every important American airport, ranked by its food/drink". Thrillist. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  9. ^ Lin, Andrea (July 31, 2015). "Chile fix for travelers: Tia Juanita's serves New Mexican favorites at the ABQ Sunport". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  10. ^ Begay, Mesha (October 18, 2023). "Study ranks Albuquerque Sunport fifth in the nation". KOB.com. Retrieved October 19, 2023.