Albuquerque International Sunport
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Albuquerque International Sunport is a public airport located 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Albuquerque, in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. The airport's IATA airport code ABQ is also Amtrak's 3-letter code for its rail station.
The airport has no runways itself and instead shares the main runway of Kirtland Air Force Base of the United States Air Force. It is not unusual to see military aircraft, including F-117 Stealth Fighters, taking off within close sight of the terminal.
In June of 2004, free Wireless internet access, more commonly called WiFi, was installed in the airport.
ABQ's terminal, which was expanded to its present size in the late 1980s and again in 1996, encompasses 574,000 sq. ft. of space and has 23 gates in two concourses.
Albuquerque International Sunport is the fastest growing airport in the United States, and had a total passenger count for 2005 of 6,455,219...[[Citing sources citation needed]] .
Concourses
The airport has one passenger terminal that is designed in the Spanish-Pueblo style of architecture which houses 2 concourses and an area for commuter airline gates.A Concourse
- Northwest Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
- Southwest Airlines (Amarillo, Baltimore/Washington, Chicago-Midway, Dallas-Love, El Paso, Houston-Hobby, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, Oakland, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland (OR), St. Louis, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Seattle/Tacoma, Tampa, and Tucson) - Gates 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11
- United Airlines (Denver, Washington Dulles [starts September 6th, 2006])
- * United Express operated by SkyWest (Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco)
- * United Express operated by Shuttle America (Chicago-O'Hare)
- * United Express operated by Trans States Airlines (San Antonio)
B Concourse
- American Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth)
- Continental Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental, Newark [seasonal])
- * Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental, Cleveland [seasonal])
- Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)
- * Delta Connection operated by SkyWest (Salt Lake City)
- Frontier Airlines (Denver)
- * Frontier JetExpress operated by Horizon Air (Denver)
- US Airways
- * US Airways operated by America West Airlines (Las Vegas, Phoenix)
Commuter Airlines
- Great Lakes Airlines (Clovis, Silver City)
- Mesa Airlines
- * Mesa Airlines operated by Air Midwest (Carlsbad, Colorado Springs, Farmington, Roswell)
Cargo Airlines
Gates
A Concourse
- A1-United Airlines
- A2-United Airlines
- A3-United Airlines
- A4-Vacant
- A5-Southwest Airlines
- A6-Southwest Airlines
- A7-Southwest Airlines
- A8-Southwest Airlines
- A9-Southwest Airlines
- A10-Northwest Airlines
- A11-Southwest Airlines
- A12-Northwest Airlines
- A14-Vacant
B Concourse
- B1-American Airlines
- B2-Vacant
- B3-American Airlines
- B4-US Airways/America West
- B5-Continental Airlines
- B6-Frontier Airlines
- B7-Vacant
- B8-Delta Air Lines
- B9-Vacant
- B10-Delta Air Lines
Accidents at ABQ
- On February 19, 1955, TWA Flight 260, a Martin 4-0-4, crashed into the Sandia Mountains shortly after takeoff. All 16 people on board the flight perished.
- On November 3, 1973, National Airlines Flight 27, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, suffered a catastrophic engine failure while in-flight. Shrapnel from the engine struck the fuselage and caused an explosive decompression of the aircraft. One person was sucked out of the cabin. The plane was able to make an emergency landing at ABQ.
External links
- [Albuquerque International Sunport (official site)]
- Resources for this airport:
- * AirNav [airport information for KABQ]
- * FlightAware [airport information] and [live flight tracker]
- * NOAA/NWS [current] and [historical] weather observations
- * SkyVector [aeronautical chart for KABQ]
- * FAA [current ABQ delay information]
- [Maps and aerial photos]
- * WikiSatellite view at [WikiMapia]
- * Street map from [MapQuest] or [Google Local]
- * Topographic map from [TopoZone]
- * Aerial image or topographic map from [TerraServer-USA]
- * Satellite image from [Google Maps] or [Microsoft Virtual Earth]
- [Accident Database]
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