Albuquerque International Sunport

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IATA: ABQ - ICAO: KABQ
Summary <tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Airport type</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">Public</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Operator</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">City of Albuquerque</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Serves</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">Albuquerque, New Mexico</td></tr>
Elevation AMSL		5,355 ft (1,632.2 m)
Coordinates		35°02′25″N, 106°36′33″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
3/21	10,000	3,048	Concrete
8/26	13,793	4,204	Concrete
12/30	6,000	1,829	Concrete
17/35	10,000	3,048	Asphalt/Concrete

Albuquerque International Sunport (IATA: ABQ, ICAO: KABQ) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district (CBD) of Albuquerque, a city in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA. The airport's IATA airport code ABQ is also Amtrak's 3-letter code for its rail station.

The airport shares its runways with Kirtland Air Force Base of the United States Air Force. It is not unusual to see military aircraft taking off within close sight of the terminal.

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.

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. Albuquerque International Sunport handled 6,471,205 passengers in 2005. The count of passengers at the Sunport has seen a average per year increase of 2% over the last 15 years.<ref>http://www.cabq.gov/airport/facts.html</ref> The airport's freight center moved 166,342,643 pounds of cargo in 2005.<ref>http://www.cabq.gov/airport/facts.html</ref>

1 Airlines
- 1.1 Cargo
2 Accidents and incidents
3 Amenities
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Airlines

American Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth)
Continental Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental, Newark [seasonal])
- Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Cleveland [seasonal], Houston-Intercontinental)
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)
Great Lakes Airlines (Clovis, Silver City)
Mesa Airlines
- Mesa Airlines operated by Air Midwest (Alamorgordo, Carlsbad, Farmington, Roswell)
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, Tucson)
United Airlines (Denver, Washington-Dulles)
- United Express operated by SkyWest (Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco)
- United Express operated by Shuttle America (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver)
US Airways
- US Airways operated by America West Airlines (Las Vegas, Phoenix)

[edit] Cargo

[edit] Accidents and incidents

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.