ABQ

Albuquerque International Sunport

ICAO KABQ35.0400°N 106.6089°W5,355 ft / 1,632 mLarge airport
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AlbuquerqueSunportentrance
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Albuquerque International Sunport (IATA: ABQ, ICAO: KABQ) is a large airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. It opened in 1939. It has 3 runways; the longest is 13,793 ft (4,204 m). In 2025 it handled 5.2 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1939–1973
1939
OpenedAlbuquerque International Sunport opens.
1973
DisasterNational Airlines Flight 27.1 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Albuquerque International Sunport
08/26090° / 270° · LIT
LENGTH13,793 ft4,204 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
03/21045° / 225° · LIT
LENGTH10,000 ft3,048 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
12/30129° / 309° · LIT
LENGTH6,000 ft1,829 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2014–2025
4.9M
4.9M
4.8M
5.0M
5.5M
5.4M
1.8M
3.4M
4.7M
5.3M
5.4M
5.2M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

12 destinations · 1 country
Year-round10
SVCGrant County AirportUnited States · Advanced Air303 km188 miCNMCavern City Air TerminalUnited States · Contour Airlines371 km231 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · American Airlines527 km327 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Express562 km349 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection794 km493 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Airlines914 km568 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection1,088 km676 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Express1,196 km743 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Express1,439 km894 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · American Airlines1,796 km1,116 mi
Most destinationsUnited Express 4American Airlines 3Delta Connection 3Advanced Air 2Contour Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ABQ. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Albuquerque International Sunport” (revision of 30 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers5.2M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#330of 3,974 · #76 North America · #59 USLongest runway13,793 ft4,204 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#54of 29,823 · #17 North America · #13 USElevation5,355 ft1,632 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=1,594of 43,341 · #815 North America · #608 USAgeOpened 19392026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,029of 15,079 · =343 North America · =322 USRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =81 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels
UNICOM122.950
GNDGround121.900
TWRTower120.300
TWRTower123.775
APP123.900
DEP123.900
CLDClearance119.200
ATIS118.000