Albuquerque International Sunport
Albuquerque International Sunport | |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | KABQ |
IATA code | ABQ |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 1632 m (5354 ft ) |
Transport links | |
Distance from the city center | 3 miles southeast of Albuquerque |
Street | I-25 / US 85 |
Local transport |
Bus : ABQ RIDE Route 50/222/250 |
Basic data | |
opening | 1939 |
operator | Albuquerque Aviation Department |
surface | 825 ha |
Terminals | 1 |
Passengers | 5,258,775 (2018) |
Air freight | 53,598 t (2017) |
Flight movements |
135,269 (2017) |
Employees | 3,000 |
Runways | |
03/21 | 3048 m × 46 m concrete |
08/26 | 4204 m × 46 m concrete |
12/30 | 1829 m × 46 m concrete |
The Albuquerque International Sunport is the airport of Albuquerque , the largest city in the US state of New Mexico .
Location and transport links
The Albuquerque International Sunport is located five kilometers southeast of downtown Albuquerque. About one kilometer west of the airport, Interstate 25 and US Highway 85 run on the same route.
The Albuquerque International Sunport is integrated into local public transport by buses . The routes 50, 222 and 250 of the operator ABQ RIDE drive him regularly.
history
In the 1930s Albuquerque was connected to the route network of the airline Transcontinental and Western Air with West Mesa Airport , which replaced Oxnard Field Airport , which had opened just a year earlier in 1929 . After the Works Progress Administration approved funds for a new airport as part of the New Deal , Governor Clyde Tingley was able to break the first sod on February 28, 1937. In 1939 the airport opened as Albuquerque Municipal Airport with two runways and one terminal.
In 1940, the Albuquerque Army Air Base (now Kirtland Air Force Base ) was established at the airport . In connection with the Army Air Base, military test facilities such as ATLAS-I were built on the site .
The current terminal was built in 1965 and expanded in the 1980s and 1996. The old terminal building has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1988 and is now used by the Transportation Security Administration .
Airlines and Destinations
The Albuquerque International Sunport is used by the airlines Advanced Air , Alaska Airlines , Allegiant Air , American Airlines , Boutique Air , Delta Air Lines , Frontier Airlines , Jetblue Airways , Southwest Airlines , United Airlines and Volaris . Southwest Airlines has by far the largest market share, followed by American Air Lines and Delta Air Lines. The airport is also served by the cargo airlines FedEx and UPS Airlines .
There are 28 destinations in the United States , including the hubs of the individual airlines. In addition, Volaris operates international flights to Guadalajara , Mexico .
Traffic figures
year | Passenger volume |
Air freight ( tons ) | Flight movements |
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2018 | 5,258,775 | ||
2017 | 4,958,417 | 53,598 | 135,269 |
2016 | 4,775,270 | 51,988 | 133.914 |
2015 | 4,745,256 | 51,868 | 124.174 |
2014 | 4,871,901 | 50,524 | 130.002 |
2013 | 5,065,179 | 51,082 | 136.724 |
2012 | 5,382,223 | 58,386 | 147.451 |
2011 | 5,697,625 | 55.063 | 153,474 |
2010 | 5,796,373 | 56,264 | 156.505 |
2009 | 5,888,811 | 55,799 | 158.353 |
2008 | 6,489,323 | 61,788 | 180,439 |
2007 | 6,668,706 | 69,598 | 191.050 |
2006 | 6,487,276 | 76.181 | 192,520 |
2005 | 6,466,435 | 75,439 | 196.219 |
2004 | 6,320,142 | 71,789 | 198.473 |
2003 | 6,064,418 | 71,599 | 221.003 |
2002 | 6,117,645 | 74,460 | 254,874 |
2001 | 6,181,606 | 72,876 | 242,733 |
2000 | 6,292,458 | 86.010 | 233,491 |
1999 | 6,263,604 | 83,085 | 228.933 |
1998 | 6,149,197 | 80.166 | 229,318 |
1997 | 6.290.018 | - | - |
1996 | 6,618,751 | - | - |
1995 | 6.130.451 | - | - |
1994 | 6,158,300 | - | - |
1993 | 5,603,248 | - | - |
1992 | 5,264,577 | - | - |
1991 | 4,938,431 | - | - |
1990 | 4,987,713 | - | - |
Busiest routes
rank | city | Passengers | airline |
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1 | Phoenix – Sky Harbor , Arizona | 311,790 | American , Southwest |
2 | Denver , Colorado | 282,550 | Frontier , Southwest, United |
3 | Dallas / Fort Worth , Texas | 281,540 | American |
4th | Los Angeles , California | 191.040 | Allegiant , American, Delta , Southwest, United |
5 | Dallas – Love , Texas | 166,670 | Southwest |
6th | Las Vegas , Nevada | 152,500 | Allegiant, Southwest |
7th | Atlanta , Georgia | 132,650 | delta |
8th | Chicago-O'Hare , Illinois | 123,880 | American, United |
9 | Houston – Hobby , Texas | 115,400 | Southwest |
10 | Oakland , California | 89,230 | Southwest |
Incidents
- On February 19, 1955, after taking off from Albuquerque Airport to Santa Fé , a Martin 404 of the US TWA ( aircraft registration number N40416 ) crashed into dense clouds against the Sandia mountain range , at an altitude of around 3000 meters and 21 kilometers northeast of the departure airport. The three-person crew and the 13 passengers died immediately. The unspoken suspicion of an extended suicide by the flight captain Ivan Spong could only be dispelled after years of research by the pilots' association ALPA . The cause of the accident was a stuck course top .
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ AirportIQ 5010: Albuquerque International Sunport. GCR1.com, accessed February 13, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e f Facts and Figures. ABQSunport.com, accessed April 27, 2019 .
- ↑ a b North America Airport Rankings. ACI-NA.org , accessed February 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Routes & Schedules. CABQ.gov , accessed April 27, 2019 .
- ^ Paul Freeman: Oxnard Field / (Original) Albuquerque Airport / Mobile Air Depot, Albuquerque, NM ( English ) June 9, 2010. Archived from the original on October 22, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
- ↑ Airlines. ABQSunport.com, accessed April 27, 2019 .
- ^ A b Albuquerque, NM: Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ). Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed April 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Destinations. ABQSunport.com, accessed April 27, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Facts and Figures. ABQSunport.com, accessed February 13, 2019 .
- ↑ ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest 8, Circular 54-AN / 49, Montreal 1958 (English), pp. 13-15.
- ↑ accident report Martin 404 N40416 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 26 August 2017th