ABQ · Albuquerque, United States
Albuquerque International Sunport.
--:--:-- · MDT (UTC-06:00) · 35.0400° N, 106.6089° W
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for ABQ
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 16091; ident KABQ; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
abqsunport.com
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
Albuquerque International Sunport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
21 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
ABQ / KABQ
OurAirports ident
KABQ
GPS / local code
KABQ / ABQ
ISO region
US-NM
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
major international passenger gateway
Official host
abqsunport.com
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q577946
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 7:08 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--MDT · UTC-06:00
Time zone
MDT
America/Denver · UTC-06:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
6.3 km
Approximate distance to central Albuquerque.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Washington, D.C.
Languages
English
Currency
USD ($)
Country area
9,525,067 km²
Passenger volume
5.4 million passengers
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
3 runways
Longest runway
13,793 ft / 4,204 m
Runway surface
conc-g (3)
Opened / operator
1942 · United States Air Force
Owner / entity
United States Department of Defense
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
major international passenger gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
21 source-backed signals
Albuquerque International Sunport is a major international passenger gateway for Albuquerque, United States. Albuquerque's built-up core sits roughly 6.3 km from the terminal area. Operations run on America/Denver (UTC-06:00, MDT). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ / KABQ) is at 35.0400° N, 106.6089° W, elevation 5,355 ft (1,632 m), serving Albuquerque, United States.
Albuquerque is in United States (capital Washington, D.C.); regulated by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); on America/Denver (MDT, UTC-06:00); working languages: English; currency: USD ($).
Distance from central Albuquerque: 6 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for ABQ.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ / KABQ)
Albuquerque International Sunport · Airport in New Mexico, United States
Source identifiers
KABQ · KABQ · ABQ · US-NM
abqsunport.com · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Regional role cue
Albuquerque International Sunport, locally known as the Sunport, is the primary international airport serving the U.S.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for ABQ; not treated as a live service guarantee.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Albuquerque
albuquerque · 6.3 km from ABQ
United States · America/Denver · +0h · population 564,559 · city coordinates 35.0845, -106.6511
2. South Valley
south-valley · 7.1 km from ABQ
United States · America/Denver · +0h · population 40,976 · city coordinates 35.0100, -106.6781
3. Rio Rancho
rio-rancho · 22 km from ABQ
United States · America/Denver · +0h · population 87,521 · city coordinates 35.2334, -106.6645
4. Los Lunas
los-lunas · 28 km from ABQ
United States · America/Denver · +0h · population 15,336 · city coordinates 34.8062, -106.7334
5. Enchanted Hills
enchanted-hills · 33 km from ABQ
United States · America/Denver · +0h · population 87,521 · city coordinates 35.3368, -106.5930
6. Santa Fe
santa-fe · 94 km from ABQ
United States · America/Denver · +0h · population 87,505 · city coordinates 35.6870, -105.9378
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. ELP KELP
El Paso International Airport · El Paso
360 km from ABQ · America/Denver · +0h · elevation 3,959 ft (1,207 m) · airport coordinates 31.8099, -106.3756
2. CJS MMCS
Abraham González International Airport · Ciudad Juárez
379 km from ABQ · America/Ciudad_Juarez · +0h · elevation 3,904 ft (1,190 m) · airport coordinates 31.6367, -106.4285
3. COS KCOS
City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport · Colorado Springs
452 km from ABQ · America/Denver · +0h · elevation 6,187 ft (1,886 m) · airport coordinates 38.8058, -104.7010
Route-time reference set
1. ABQ-ELP
El Paso · 360 km · 1h 17m
America/Denver · +0h from ABQ; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. ABQ-CJS
Ciudad Juárez · 379 km · 1h 19m
America/Ciudad_Juarez · +0h from ABQ; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. ABQ-COS
Colorado Springs · 452 km · 1h 24m
America/Denver · +0h from ABQ; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
3 runways
Longest runway 13,793 ft / 4,204 m. 0 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
conc-g (3)
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for ABQ.
Runway identifiers
03/21 · 08/26 · 12/30
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. ELP KELP
El Paso International Airport · El Paso · 360 km from ABQ
large airport · America/Denver · united-states · 3,959 ft (1,207 m) · 31.8099, -106.3756
2. COS KCOS
City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport · Colorado Springs · 452 km from ABQ
large airport · America/Denver · united-states · 6,187 ft (1,886 m) · 38.8058, -104.7010
3. TUS KTUS
Tucson International Airport · Tucson · 516 km from ABQ
large airport · America/Phoenix · united-states · 2,643 ft (806 m) · 32.1150, -110.9381
4. PHX KPHX
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · Phoenix · 527 km from ABQ
large airport · America/Phoenix · united-states · 1,135 ft (346 m) · 33.4353, -112.0059
5. DEN KDEN
Denver International Airport · Denver · 562 km from ABQ
large airport · America/Denver · united-states · 5,431 ft (1,655 m) · 39.8600, -104.6738
6. LAS KLAS
Harry Reid International Airport · Las Vegas · 781 km from ABQ
large airport · America/Los_Angeles · united-states · 2,181 ft (665 m) · 36.0834, -115.1518
Accepted operational notes
Source note 1
It handles around 5.4 million passengers annually and over 400 flights daily.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for ABQ.
Country and authority
ABQ sits in United States (United States of America), whose capital is Washington, D.C.. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the national civil-aviation authority we name for regulator context. Country context: Americas, North America.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: English. Currency context: USD ($). ABQ is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Reference description
Airport in New Mexico, United States. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Source-specific cues
Regional role cue: Albuquerque International Sunport, locally known as the Sunport, is the primary international airport serving the U.S.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q577946 · Kirtland Air Force Base. Owner / owning body: United States Department of Defense. Administrative area: Albuquerque · New Mexico. Named after: Roy Carrington Kirtland · Albuquerque
Field and clock profile
Albuquerque International Sunport is a high-elevation field at 5,355 ft (1,632 m), positioned at 35.0400° N, 106.6089° W in the Northern mid-latitudes. The runway snapshot lists 3 runways and a longest runway of 13,793 ft / 4,204 m. The airport clock uses America/Denver (MDT, UTC-06:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Albuquerque is the closest retained city-time anchor at 6.3 km. ELP El Paso is the closest retained airport alternative at 360 km.
Country airport peers
ABQ is compared with ELP El Paso at 360 km, COS Colorado Springs at 452 km, TUS Tucson at 516 km, PHX Phoenix at 527 km, DEN Denver at 562 km inside the retained United States airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
Route geometry
ABQ-ELP El Paso: 360 km, about 1h 17m, +0h. ABQ-CJS Ciudad Juárez: 379 km, about 1h 19m, +0h. ABQ-COS Colorado Springs: 452 km, about 1h 24m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident KABQ backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. abqsunport.com is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
5.4 million passengers
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
3 runways · longest 13,793 ft / 4,204 m
Runway identifiers
03/21, 08/26, 12/30
OurAirports classifies ABQ as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Albuquerque.
ABQ (KABQ) is one of the curated airport pages with a real traffic signal attached: 5.4 million passengers, operating from a high-elevation field at 5,355 ft (1,632 m).
ABQ sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
ABQ's runway record lists 3 runways, with the longest runway at 13,793 ft / 4,204 m and source surfaces recorded as conc-g (3).
United States Air Force is the clearest operator or management signal we currently have on file for ABQ.
- It handles around 5.4 million passengers annually and over 400 flights daily.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at abqsunport.com, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for ABQ
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
ABQ uses America/Denver (MDT, UTC-06:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Albuquerque International Sunport is about 6.3 km from central Albuquerque; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
ELP El Paso is the closest retained alternate at 360 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
abqsunport.com is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place ABQ inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
ABQ ranks #1 in the curated United States airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 94 airports.
Same-zone airport cohort
ABQ shares America/Denver with COS Colorado Springs US · DEN Denver US · ELP El Paso US · SLC Salt Lake City US. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
ABQ is 5,355 ft (1,632 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include NBO 5,330 ft (1,625 m) (25 ft delta) · DEN 5,431 ft (1,655 m) (76 ft delta) · JNB 5,558 ft (1,694 m) (203 ft delta) · IFN 5,059 ft (1,542 m) (296 ft delta) · GDL 5,016 ft (1,529 m) (339 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
ABQ's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are ELP 360 km +0h · CJS 379 km +0h · COS 452 km +0h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Paso | ELP | 360 km | 1h 17m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Ciudad Juárez | CJS | 379 km | 1h 19m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Colorado Springs | COS | 452 km | 1h 24m | +0h | --:--:-- |
ABQ to ELP
El Paso
Distance 360 km; estimated travel window 1h 17m; destination zone America/Denver is +0h from ABQ. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
ABQ to CJS
Ciudad Juárez
Distance 379 km; estimated travel window 1h 19m; destination zone America/Ciudad_Juarez is +0h from ABQ. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
ABQ to COS
Colorado Springs
Distance 452 km; estimated travel window 1h 24m; destination zone America/Denver is +0h from ABQ. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
Central Albuquerque is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
Albuquerque is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Albuquerque International Sunport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from ABQ, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Albuquerque
albuquerque · 6.3 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
South Valley
south-valley · 7.1 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Rio Rancho
rio-rancho · 22 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Los Lunas
los-lunas · 28 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Enchanted Hills
enchanted-hills · 33 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Santa Fe
santa-fe · 94 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Gallup
gallup · 201 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Farmington
farmington-5467328 · 237 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Alamogordo
alamogordo · 245 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Roswell
roswell-5488441 · 265 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Durango
durango · 273 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Las Cruces
las-cruces · 304 km · America/Denver
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Albuquerque International Sunport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: El Paso (ELP), Ciudad Juárez (CJS), Colorado Springs (COS). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: 5.4 million passengers.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 3 runways; longest runway 13,793 ft / 4,204 m; identifiers 03/21, 08/26, 12/30.
- Runway surfaces: conc-g (3); 0 lighted runways in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: United States Air Force.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1942.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from ABQ. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
El Paso International AirportELP
El Paso · large airport
- Distance
- 360 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 3,959 ft (1,207 m)
Compare against ELP when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Abraham González International AirportCJS
Ciudad Juárez · large airport
- Distance
- 379 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 3,904 ft (1,190 m)
Compare against CJS when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
City of Colorado Springs Municipal AirportCOS
Colorado Springs · large airport
- Distance
- 452 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 6,187 ft (1,886 m)
Compare against COS when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Companion Planning Tools
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ) in?▾
Albuquerque International Sunport is in the America/Denver timezone (UTC-06:00, MDT).
What are the codes for Albuquerque International Sunport?▾
Albuquerque International Sunport uses IATA code ABQ and ICAO code KABQ.
Where is Albuquerque International Sunport located?▾
Albuquerque International Sunport is located in Albuquerque, United States at coordinates 35.0400° N, 106.6089° W, with an elevation of 5,355 ft (1,632 m) (high-elevation field in the mid-latitudes).
How far is Albuquerque International Sunport from central Albuquerque?▾
Albuquerque International Sunport sits roughly 6.3 km from the nearest mapped city center for Albuquerque.
Which route reference is most useful from ABQ?▾
El Paso (ELP) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 17m, destination timezone America/Denver, and a +0h difference from ABQ.
Which authority regulates ABQ?▾
Albuquerque International Sunport sits inside United States, where civil aviation oversight is led by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
What other airports in United States are close peers to ABQ?▾
ABQ's curated peers in United States on this site include ELP El Paso, COS Colorado Springs, TUS Tucson, plus 3 more.
How many runways does Albuquerque International Sunport have?▾
Albuquerque International Sunport's source-backed operational summary lists 3 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 13,793 ft / 4,204 m; identifiers include 03/21, 08/26, 12/30.