Double Eagle II Airport
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| Double Eagle II Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: AEG - ICAO: KAEG | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | City of Albuquerque | ||
| Serves | Albuquerque, New Mexico | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,834 ft (1,779.1 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 4/22 | 7,398 | 2,256 | Asphalt |
| 17/35 | 5,999 | 1,828 | Asphalt |
Double Eagle II Airport (IATA: AEG, ICAO: KAEG) serves Albuquerque, New Mexico. On the far westside 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.
Air ambulance, corporate flights, military flights, training flights, charter, and private make up approximately 120,000 annual operations.
Eclipse Aviation, along with the City of Albuquerque, is building a new corporate jet manufacturing facility at the airport, to build the Eclipse 500.
Utilicraft Aerospace Industries has announced that, together with the Navajo Nation, the city, and the State of New Mexico, it is building the FF-1080 Freight Feeder, a small cargo aircraft. Double Eagle II will be the final assembly point.
[edit] Stats
- Elevation: 5,834 feet above sea level
- Latitude: 35 08’ 42”
- Longitude: 106 47’ 40”
[edit] Runways
Traffic pattern altitude is 6,800' mean sea level. Right hand traffic patterns for runways 22 and 35.
- 4-22 - 7,398 ft. x 100 ft. Full ILS & MALS-R (22 end); PAPI visual navigational aide
- 17-35 - 5,999 ft. x 100 ft. REIL (each end); PAPI visual navigational aide
