Albuquerque International Sunport (IATA: ABQ, ICAO: KABQ, FAA LID: 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.

ABQ has a wide range of restaurants and shops, including national brands such as Hudson News and Book Sellers and Panda Express.

[8] It also features regional gift shops and local eateries such as Black Mesa Coffee, Rio Grande Brew Pub & Grill, and New Mexican cuisine restaurants like Tia Juanita's and Comida Buena.

The terminal has been expanded several times, first in 1973 when a west wing was added with a large gate and jetbridge able to handle new wide-body aircraft.

Southwest Airlines, which started service on April 3, 1980, quickly grew to become the largest carrier serving the airport.

Cutter relocated to the current Sunport grounds in 1947 operating from a large hangar on the southwest corner of the terminal ramp.

An all-new general aviation facility was constructed on the south side of the main east–west runway during the mid-1980s and the Cutter hangar was torn down for the terminal expansion of 1987–1989.

Many extra flights are added during the week of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in early October of each year.

TWA was first: passenger flights began in 1929, with Albuquerque being one of many stops on a transcontinental route between Los Angeles and New York.

In 1940 Continental added flights to several smaller cities in Southeastern New Mexico but that was transferred to Frontier and Trans Texas Airways in 1963.

Continental downsized its operation after airline deregulation and by 1994 was only flying to its Houston hub (a nonstop flight to Newark was added for a period in the mid-2000s).

Pioneer Air Lines served Albuquerque between 1948 and 1955 with two flights per day to Dallas, Texas making eight stops en route.

The decline in service is attributed to the repeal of the Wright Amendment which only allowed air travel to Texas and airports in bordering states from Dallas Love Field.

Mesa peaked with 46 daily departures in 1990 and served 18 cities in New Mexico and Colorado nonstop from their hub in ABQ.

Regional airlines serving the Sunport on behalf of the majors are: CommutAir, Envoy, Horizon, Mesa, Republic, and SkyWest.

Sun Country Airlines, iAero, and Denver Air Connection, also serve ABQ with regular charter flights.

[17] Volaris stopped serving Albuquerque in June 2019 due to very low passenger loads and a disagreement over government subsidies to its flights.

The Airport Master Plan drafted in 2002 lays out intermediate- and long-term projects at the Sunport, including the construction of a second terminal when traffic demands it.

[20] The configuration of the other three runways, in conjunction with typical wind patterns, enabled them to handle departures and landings more efficiently.

[4][24] In the year ending February 28, 2022, the Sunport had 134,024 aircraft operations with an average of 367 per day: 29% scheduled commercial, 20% air taxi, 36% general aviation and 15% military.

The Sunport has a Pueblo Revival style passenger terminal which houses two concourses and an area for commuter airline gates.

The largest passenger aircraft scheduled into Albuquerque is the Boeing 737-900ER, operated by Delta Air Lines on flights to Atlanta.

The largest passenger aircraft to have ever flown in is the Boeing 747-400 which was operated by Atlas Air on a military charter flight on January 27, 2021.

Another large aircraft, the Boeing 777 flying for United Airlines, has been diverted to the Sunport from Denver International Airport on several occasions.

The largest aircraft to have ever visited the Sunport is the Antonov An-124, of which some have landed at ABQ on a couple of extremely rare occasions.

ABQ RIDE offers bus service (Routes 50, 222, and 250) at the west side of the baggage claim area.

ABQ RIDE Route 222 provides connecting service to the New Mexico Rail Runner Express Bernalillo County/International Sunport Station.

ABQ operates the Car Rental Center and provides free, courtesy shuttles every five minutes between the Sunport terminal and the facility.

The following companies are located at the Car Rental Center: Advantage, Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Hertz, National, Payless and Thrifty.

[48] Regularly scheduled bus and shuttle service is provided by various carriers to locations from ABQ to the city and to Santa Fe.