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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.
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.
The Old Albuquerque Municipal Airport Building at 2920 Yale Blvd. SE. in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is a Pueblo Revival building built in 1939. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1] It is a two-story flat-roofed building.
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.
Open at the Albuquerque Museum, "Around We Go: Panoramas in Albuquerque" offers 16 sometimes fish-eyed images of streets, fields and buildings dating from 1915 to 1930.
Here's a few things to consider if you're planning to travel to Albuquerque for the event that draws thousands from around the world to New Mexico. ... The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta ...
Oxnard Field (also known at various times as Albuquerque Airport and Albuquerque Army Air Field) was the first airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico.It served as the home of commercial aviation in Albuquerque from 1928 to 1929 and remained in use for other purposes until 1948.