A Walk Around ABQ-Albuquerque International Sunport (Airport)

Albuquerque International Sunport

Owner City of Albuquerque, NM, USA
Operator Albuquerque Aviation Department
Serves Albuquerque metropolitan area
Location 2200 Sunport Boulevard SE
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Elevation AMSL 5,355 ft / 1,632 m
Coordinates 35°02′21.6″N 106°36′38.8″W
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Aircraft operations 135,269
Total Passengers 5,467,693

Albuquerque International Sunport (IATA: ABQ, ICAO: KABQ, FAA LID: ABQ) is a public international airport 3 miles southeast of downtown Albuquerque, in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. It is the largest civil airport in New Mexico, handling 5,467,693 passengers in 2018.

Albuquerque International Sunport has one terminal with 25 gates in four concourses, including a concourse for commuter airline gates. Concourse A has 13 gates: A1 – A12, A14. Concourse B has 9 gates: B1, B3-B10 (Gate B2 was removed during the security hall expansion in 2005). Concourse E has 2 gates: E1 & E2. Concourse C, originally known as the west wing, consisted of four gates (11, 12, 14, & 15). Gate 11 was closed when the terminal was expanded in 1989 and the remaining three gates were renumbered to C1, C2, & C3. TWA continued to use these gates for a few more years until gates C2 and C3 showed signs of structural failure and later had to be demolished. TWA moved to concourse B and the lobby area of gate C1 (the gate built in 1971) has mostly been converted to office space. The lower level of gate C1 houses U. S. Customs and is still used for occasional international arriving flights. Concourse D was a ground-level commuter aircraft concourse that was used by Great Plains Airlines. It was closed in 2004 after Great Plains Airlines liquidated due to insolvency.