Albuquerque International Sunport
ABQ · KABQ · Albuquerque, New Mexico · Bernalillo County · map
Albuquerque International Sunport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Albuquerque, 3 miles southeast of Albuquerque, New Mexico, 5,355 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 13,793 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 200 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 154,263 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2,694,309 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KABQ · observed 3:52 pm MDT (21:52 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (240°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 7,000 feet, a few clouds at 20,000 feet
- Temperature 78°F (26°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 30.15 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 11:22 am MDT (17:22 UTC), good until Wed 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 7,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm MDT (02:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 15,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 2:00 am MDT (08:00 UTC): wind from the north at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 15,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KABQ 062152Z 24003KT 10SM FEW070 FEW200 26/08 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP138 CB DSNT N T02560078 $
TAF KABQ 061722Z 0618/0718 VRB04KT P6SM FEW070 FM070200 13005KT P6SM FEW150 FM070800 01005KT P6SM FEW150
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ABQ · ICAO KABQ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Albuquerque
- Elevation
- 5,355 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Albuquerque sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1938
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 13,793 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 03/21 | 10,000 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 6,000 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: ILS with DME, VASI, six boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 1,000 ft, 12,793 ft available for landing
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 03: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, 9,754 ft available for landing
- Runway 21: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 12: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS | 118.0 | Albuquerque |
| Clearance delivery | 119.2 | Albuquerque |
| Clearance delivery When tower closed | 124.8 | Double Eagle II |
| Ground | 121.9 | Albuquerque |
| Tower | 120.3 | Albuquerque |
| Tower (secondary) | 123.775 | Albuquerque |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Lavan and star South of V12 | 123.9 | Albuquerque |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Curly and star On or north of V12 | 127.4 | Albuquerque |
| Approach (secondary) | 126.3 | Albuquerque |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Albuquerque |
| Abq and vot | 111.0 | |
| Albuquerque and rco | 122.3 | Albuquerque |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 505-373-2492.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 154,263, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Albuquerque from the FAA register
1,177 aircraft are registered to owners in Albuquerque, New Mexico: 528 piston singles, 370 balloons, 89 turboprops, 59 piston twins, 39 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in New Mexico.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 70 since 1982, 5 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Richard mccurley
- Departure rstrd; prior permission required - the control tower.
- Runway 08 and 12 approach end decoupled; common hold short line shared.
- Takeoff via txy east; full length available via back tax. Runway 08 and 12 approach ends decoupled; common hold short line shared.
- Landing: last available exit txy east; exit E1 not psbl.
- PAPI does not provide obstruction clnc beyond 3.5 NM from threshold; unusable beyond 3.5 NM.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to dthr.
- Bird haz OCT-DEC and MAR-MAY; student helicopter traffic.
- Control firing area south.
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) provided by usaf.
- Air carrier gnd handling NA 1:00 am to 4:30 am.
- Taxiway H military use only.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.