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Albuquerque Sunport ABQ Airport Overview

Albuquerque International Sunport ABQ provides services for Santa Fe, Dallas-Fort Worth and Los Angeles airports. The city of Albuquerque is a high-desert city, situated at the foot of the Sandia Mountains. It is one of the oldest cities in America and has been home to people of the Rio Grande Valley for many centuries, rich in history and culture. Albuquerque, home to the Isotopes, Balloon Museum, BioPark, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, and Old Town to name a few, is recognized by a variety of media as 'one of the best places to live, work and do business'.

The Airport is located four miles from downtown Albuquerque, in Bernalillo County, New Mexico’s largest city, accessible via I-25/I-85 (Pan American Fwy) - Exit 221; and from I-40 (Coronado Fwy )- take I-25 south. Route 350 is now in service.

With four long runways and an estimated 6 million passengers a year, Sunport Airport is served by major US Airlines--Southwest being the dominant one, offering nonstops to major US cities, as well as by Aero Mexico with flights south of the border, and in-state commuter carriers Great Lakes & New Mexico Airlines to the cities of Alamogorda, Carlsbad, Clovis & Silver Lake.

NOTICE:  Residents of New Mexico may use their current driver's licenses as acceptable form of ID until Fall 2013.

The three-level Main Passenger Terminal at Sunport Airport, with Concourses A & B and commuter gates E, has received recent renovations.

Parking options at Albuquerque International include a cell pone lot, a parking garage and a long-term lot. (Details are in the parking section.) 

The Sunport Car Rental Center is located at 3400 University S.E., with service counters and rental car lots, and served by free and accessible shuttle service from/to the terminal every five minutes. 

To get from Sunport Airport to your destination, you can rent a car , or you can take a taxi or limo or a bus. For ABQ bus routes & schedules open cabq.gov/transit/bus-routes-and-schedules.
1. If you are headed to Albuquerque you have three choices :
(a) Sunport Shuttle (505-883-4966);
(b) ABQ Ride public bus 50 (505-243-7433) - no Sunday service - stopping at the terminal's  lower level, west end of the shuttle island - look for Bus Stop signs; or
(c) take the free ATC downtown Sunport nonstop express 250  at bus bay 3 of the shuttle island.
2. If you are headed to Rio Bravo, use the Rio Metro bus 222 - same location as Bus 50.
3. If you are headed to Santa Fe, you have 3 choices:
(a) Sandia Shuttle Express (505-242-0302),
(b) Roadrunner Express (505-424-3367), or
(c) New Mexico Rail Runner (1-05-245-7245) with shuttle service between the Airport and rail station provided by ABQ Ride.






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Albuquerque Sunport ABQ Airport Update History

  • Updated ABQ Airport Intro page - Jun 1, 2013
  • Updated ABQ Airports page - Jun 1, 2013
  • Updated ABQ Parking On site page - Jun 1, 2013
  • Updated ABQ Airlines Served page - May 26, 2013
  • Updated ABQ Official Website Links page - May 26, 2013
  • Updated ABQ Food & Stores page - Apr 12, 2013
  • Updated ABQ Main Terminals page - Mar 15, 2013
  • Updated ABQ Direct Flights page - Jan 18, 2013
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