Albuquerque International Sunport safety profile
61 recorded occurrences at or near Albuquerque International Sunport (1996–2026): 27 at the airport, 34 nearby; 2 fatal, 7 fatalities.
What happens most
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
- 2021-06-26 — Cameron Balloons US, O-120 Balloon (5 fatalities) — 0.0 km
- 2026-03-06 — Columbia Aircraft LC41-550FG, COL4 TRAINING LLC (2 fatalities) — 0.0 km
- 2025-11-24 — RAINBOW RYDERS INC — 0.0 km
- 2025-09-15 — Rainbow Ryders INC — 0.0 km
- 2024-10-12 — 0.0 km
- 2024-06-13 — Breezy — 0.0 km
- 2024-02-28 — PEPPER EQUIPMENT CORP — 0.0 km
- 2023-10-14 — Rainbow Ryders Hot Air Balloon Co. — 15.7 km
- 2023-10-08 — 0.0 km
- 2022-10-07 — Steven C. Derebey — 0.0 km
- 2021-08-15 — Bryce J. Anderson — 0.0 km
- 2020-08-15 — Ken Tuley — 0.0 km
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.