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Albuquerque International Sunport
Albuquerque International Sunport (IATA: ABQ, ICAO: KABQ, FAALID: ABQ), locally known as the Sunport, is the primary international airport serving the U.S. state of New Mexico, particularly the Albuquerque metropolitan area and the larger Albuquerque–Santa Fe–Los Alamos combined statistical area. It handles around 5.5 million passengers annually and over 400 flights daily. ABQ is located in Bernalillo County, between the Rio Grande and the Sandia Mountains, east of Old Town and Barelas, 3 miles (5 km) southeast of downtown, south of the University of New Mexico and directly to the west of Sandia National Laboratories and Kirtland Air Force Base.
ABQ is a focus airport for Southwest Airlines, which accounts for over half of all passengers, and is served by several other major airlines, including Advanced Air, Alaska, American, Delta, JetBlue, and United; cargo airlines serving the Sunport are FedEx Express, UPS Airlines, Empire Airlines (FedEx Feeder carrier), Ameriflight, Amazon Prime Air (operated by Sun Country), and South Aero. ABQ is the center of the Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZAB), which is responsible for the airspace over most of Arizona and New Mexico, as well as parts of Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas.
ABQ has a wide range of restaurants and shops, including national brands such as Dunkin' and Panda Express. It also features local gift shops, local eateries, and local craft beverage makers such as Black Mesa Coffee, Burque Brews, Cheese & Coffee, Famous Frank's Chicken & Waffles, Flavor of New Mexico, Indian Pueblo Kitchen, Laguna Burger, New Mexico Piñon Coffee, Rush of Prana, Sadie's, Steel Bender, and Teller.
The Sunport is unique for its low-lying structure and Pueblo Revival architecture, which references Albuquerque's Tiwa and Hispano heritage and New Mexico's Pueblo and Nuevo México roots. In a 2025 Washington Post reader's poll, it ranked seventh best airports in the U.S.