Albuquerque Intl Sunport
A Journey Through Time
1939 — 1994
1930s
1939
Albuquerque Municipal Airport opened in 1939 with two paved runways and a Pueblo Style terminal building designed by Ernest Blumenthal.
1960s
1963
The airport was renamed Albuquerque Sunport on 17 April 1963.
1965
A new terminal, built just east of the original 1939 building, opened on 12 November 1965.
1970s
1971
The airport gained international status in 1971 and was renamed Albuquerque International Airport on 17 September of that year.
1990s
1994
In 1994 the name changed again to Albuquerque International Sunport, bringing back the Sunport name first used in 1963.
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