Albuquerque International Sunport safety profile

61 recorded occurrences at or near Albuquerque International Sunport (19962026): 27 at the airport, 34 nearby; 2 fatal, 7 fatalities.

What happens most

By year

  • 20261 (1 fatal)
  • 20253 (0 fatal)
  • 20243 (0 fatal)
  • 20232 (0 fatal)
  • 20221 (0 fatal)
  • 20212 (1 fatal)
  • 20201 (0 fatal)
  • 20192 (0 fatal)
  • 20183 (0 fatal)
  • 20176 (0 fatal)
  • 20163 (0 fatal)
  • 20154 (0 fatal)
  • 20142 (0 fatal)
  • 20134 (0 fatal)
  • 20124 (0 fatal)
  • 20115 (0 fatal)
  • 20103 (0 fatal)
  • 20098 (0 fatal)
  • 20082 (0 fatal)
  • 19971 (0 fatal)
  • 19961 (0 fatal)

By flight phase

  • Other / unknown34
  • Landing19
  • Approach3
  • Climb2
  • Takeoff2
  • On the ground1

Runway incursions

The FAA Runway Safety database records 157 runway incursions at this airport, including 4 serious (Category A/B) events. Full runway incursion history.

Notable investigated occurrences

Runways

  • 08/26: 13,793 ft, CONC-G
  • 03/21: 10,000 ft, CONC-G
  • 12/30: 6,000 ft, CONC-G

Weather patterns

  • Fog: 8.799 days/year
  • Thunderstorms: 54.193 days/year
  • Snow: 14.798 days/year
  • Crosswind >15kt: 0.096% of observations
  • Crosswind >25kt: 0% of observations

Counts reflect occurrences geo-attached within 25 km of the airport from our investigation-record corpus; they are not a complete history and are not a safety ranking. A recorded occurrence decades ago says little about operations today.