Albuquerque International Sunport

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Albuquerque International Sunport
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Characteristics
ICAO code KABQ
IATA code ABQ
Coordinates

35 ° 2 '25 "  N , 106 ° 36' 33"  W Coordinates: 35 ° 2 '25 "  N , 106 ° 36' 33"  W.

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



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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

Source: Albuquerque International Sunport
Traffic figures from Albuquerque International Sunport 1990–2018
year Passenger
volume
Air freight ( tons ) Flight movements
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

Busiest national routes from Albuquerque (2018)
rank city Passengers airline
01 Phoenix – Sky Harbor , Arizona 311,790 American , Southwest
02 Denver , Colorado 282,550 Frontier , Southwest, United
03 Dallas / Fort Worth , Texas 281,540 American
04th Los Angeles , California 191.040 Allegiant , American, Delta , Southwest, United
05 Dallas – Love , Texas 166,670 Southwest
06th Las Vegas , Nevada 152,500 Allegiant, Southwest
07th Atlanta , Georgia 132,650 delta
08th Chicago-O'Hare , Illinois 123,880 American, United
09 Houston – Hobby , Texas 115,400 Southwest
10 Oakland , California 089,230 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

Commons : Albuquerque International Sunport  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. AirportIQ 5010: Albuquerque International Sunport. GCR1.com, accessed February 13, 2019 .
  2. a b c d e f Facts and Figures. ABQSunport.com, accessed April 27, 2019 .
  3. a b North America Airport Rankings. ACI-NA.org , accessed February 13, 2019 .
  4. Routes & Schedules. CABQ.gov , accessed April 27, 2019 .
  5. ^ 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.
  6. Airlines. ABQSunport.com, accessed April 27, 2019 .
  7. ^ A b Albuquerque, NM: Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ). Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed April 27, 2019 .
  8. Destinations. ABQSunport.com, accessed April 27, 2019 .
  9. a b Facts and Figures. ABQSunport.com, accessed February 13, 2019 .
  10. ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest 8, Circular 54-AN / 49, Montreal 1958 (English), pp. 13-15.
  11. accident report Martin 404 N40416 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 26 August 2017th