Double Eagle II Airport

Double Eagle II Airport
AMSL		5,837 ft / 1,779 m
Coordinates	35°08′43″N 106°47′43″W / 35.14528°N 106.79528°W / 35.14528; -106.79528
Map
AEG Location of airport in New Mexico / United States Show map of New Mexico AEG AEG (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4/22 7,398 2,255 Asphalt 17/35 5,983 1,824 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations 78,860 Based aircraft 136
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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.^[1]

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. The airport was constructed as a new general aviation reliever airport to replace several smaller airports around Albuquerque that have since been closed.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter

General aviation, air ambulance, corporate flights, military flights, training flights, charter, and private make up approximately 80,000 annual operations.

Utilicraft Aerospace Industries announced in 2005 that it had secured a major investment from the Navajo Nation to build Utilicraft FF-1080 cargo aircraft at Double Eagle II. The deal later fell apart and no planes were built, though the company continued to seek other funding.^[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Double Eagle II Airport covers an area of 4,257 acres (1,723 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways:^[1]

• Runway 04/22 – 7,398 ft × 100 ft (2,255 m × 30 m); full
  MALSR (22 end); PAPI
  visual navigational aide
• Runway 17/35 – 5,983 ft × 100 ft (1,824 m × 30 m).
  REIL
  (each end); PAPI visual navigational aide

The data below lists annual total aircraft operations from 2009 to 2013 from the FAA's Air Traffic Activity System. The percent changes indicate an average of −3.61% in aircraft operations per year over the last 5 years.[5]

Filming location

Scenes for the pilot episode of the television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles were filmed on location at Double Eagle II Airport. For the filming, the airport's sign was partially covered with a new sign stating the fictional name, "Red Valley Regional Airport", but the lower portion of the sign stating the actual latitude, longitude, and elevation of the airport was left uncovered.

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