Double Eagle II Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Albuquerque | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Albuquerque, New Mexico | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,837 ft / 1,779 m | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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| Aircraft operations | 131,397 |
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| Based aircraft | 254 |
Coordinates: 35°08′43″N 106°47′43″W / 35.14528°N 106.79528°W
Double Eagle II Airport (ICAO: KAEG, FAA LID: AEG) is a public airport located seven miles (11 km) northwest of the central business district of Albuquerque, a city in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States. It is owned by the City of Albuquerque.
Located on the far west side of the city, it is Albuquerque's second airport after Albuquerque International Sunport. Construction began in 1982, and the airport was named for the Double Eagle II balloon, the first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean, piloted by Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Double Eagle II is assigned AEG by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned AEG to Aek Godang Airport in Padang Sidempuan, Sumatra, Indonesia).
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