Double Eagle II Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Albuquerque | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Albuquerque, New Mexico | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,837 ft / 1,779 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°08′43″N 106°47′43″W / 35.14528°N 106.79528°W | ||||||||||||||
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Double Eagle II Airport (ICAO: KAEG, FAA LID: AEG) is a public airport located seven miles (11 km) northwest of the central business district of Albuquerque, a city in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States. It is owned by the City of Albuquerque.[1]
Located on the far west side of the city, it is Albuquerque's second airport after Albuquerque International Sunport. Construction began in 1982, and the airport was named for the Double Eagle II balloon, the first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean, piloted by Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman. The airport was constructed as a new general aviation reliever airport to replace several smaller airports around Albuquerque that have since been closed.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Double Eagle II is assigned AEG by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned AEG to Aek Godang Airport in Padang Sidempuan, Sumatra, Indonesia).[2][3]
General aviation, air ambulance, corporate flights, military flights, training flights, charter, and private make up approximately 80,000 annual operations.
Utilicraft Aerospace Industries announced in 2005 that it had secured a major investment from the Navajo Nation to build Utilicraft FF-1080 cargo aircraft at Double Eagle II. The deal later fell apart and no planes were built, though the company continued to seek other funding.[4]
- ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for AEG PDF, effective 2007-10-25
- ^ KAEG – Double Eagle II Airport – Albuquerque, New Mexico at Great Circle Mapper
- ^ AEG / WIME – Aek Godang Airport – Padang Sidempuan, Sumatra, Indonesia at Great Circle Mapper
- ^ Webb, Andrew (January 1, 2007). "Whatever happened to Freight Feeder". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved August 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.