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ABQ · Albuquerque, United States
--:--:-- · MDT (UTC-06:00) · 35.0400° N, 106.6089° W
Verification trail
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.
OurAirports ID 16091; ident KABQ; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
abqsunport.com
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceAlbuquerque International Sunport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-25.
Open source21 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-25.
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
2026-05-25
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 25, 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 Jun 2, 12:17 PM UTC.
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.
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.
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for ABQ.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Common country-language signals: English. Currency context: USD ($). ABQ is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
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.
Regional role cue: Albuquerque International Sunport, locally known as the Sunport, is the primary international airport serving the U.S.
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
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.
Albuquerque is the closest retained city-time anchor at 6.3 km. ELP El Paso is the closest retained airport alternative at 360 km.
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.
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.
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: 2026-05-25.
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.
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.
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.
ABQ uses America/Denver (MDT, UTC-06:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
Albuquerque International Sunport is about 6.3 km from central Albuquerque; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
ELP El Paso is the closest retained alternate at 360 km, time difference +0h.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
ABQ's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are ELP 360 km +0h · CJS 379 km +0h · COS 452 km +0h.
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| 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
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
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
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.
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.
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
South Valley
south-valley · 7.1 km · America/Denver
Rio Rancho
rio-rancho · 22 km · America/Denver
Los Lunas
los-lunas · 28 km · America/Denver
Enchanted Hills
enchanted-hills · 33 km · America/Denver
Santa Fe
santa-fe · 94 km · America/Denver
Gallup
gallup · 201 km · America/Denver
Farmington
farmington-5467328 · 237 km · America/Denver
Alamogordo
alamogordo · 245 km · America/Denver
Roswell
roswell-5488441 · 265 km · America/Denver
Durango
durango · 273 km · America/Denver
Las Cruces
las-cruces · 304 km · America/Denver
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
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
Compare against ELP when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Abraham González International AirportCJS
Ciudad Juárez · large airport
Compare against CJS when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
City of Colorado Springs Municipal AirportCOS
Colorado Springs · large airport
Compare against COS when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Questions
Albuquerque International Sunport is in the America/Denver timezone (UTC-06:00, MDT).
Albuquerque International Sunport uses IATA code ABQ and ICAO code KABQ.
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).
Albuquerque International Sunport sits roughly 6.3 km from the nearest mapped city center for Albuquerque.
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.
Albuquerque International Sunport sits inside United States, where civil aviation oversight is led by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
ABQ's curated peers in United States on this site include ELP El Paso, COS Colorado Springs, TUS Tucson, plus 3 more.
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.
