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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 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 ...
The Albuquerque ARTCC is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers in the United States. The primary responsibility is the separation of overflights, and the expedited sequencing of arrivals and departures along STARs ( Standard Terminal Arrival Routes ) and SIDs ( Standard Instrument Departures ) for the airspace over most of Arizona and New ...
Sep. 26—Southwest Airlines plans to launch a daily, nonstop service between Albuquerque and Nashville next year, bringing the Albuquerque International Sunport its 30th nonstop flight out of the ...
This article lists all airports in New Mexico (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Later that same year, the Army Air Corps leased 2,000 acres neighboring Albuquerque Airport, four miles west of Oxnard Field. The Army eventually condemned the Oxnard Field property for military use, with subsequent transfer to the federal government. [6] Construction of Albuquerque Army Air Base began in January 1941 and was completed in ...
I-25 begins at I-10's exit 144 in Las Cruces (elevation 4,000 feet (1,200 m)), [3] just south of the New Mexico State University (NMSU) campus. I-25 is concurrent with US 85 at this point, and carries US 85 concurrently for the remainder of its run in New Mexico, save for a 4-mile (6.4 km) through Las Vegas where unsigned US 85 follows Interstate 25 Business (I-25 Bus., Business Loop 15 ...
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