From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Double Eagle II Airport
Double Eagle II Airport
Coordinates: 35°08′43″N 106°47′43″W / 35.14528°N the IATA (which assigned AEG to Aek Godang Airport in
106.79528°W / 35.14528; -106.79528 Padang Sidempuan, Sumatra, Indonesia).[2][3]
Double Eagle II Airport Air ambulance, corporate flights, military flights,
training flights, charter, and private make up approxi-
mately 120,000 annual operations.
Utilicraft Aerospace Industries has announced that,
together with the Navajo Nation, the city, and the State
of New Mexico, it is building the Utilicraft FF-1080, a
small cargo aircraft. Double Eagle II will be the final as-
sembly point.
Facilities and aircraft
IATA: ICAO: LID:
IATA: none – ICAO: KAEG – FAA LID: AEG Double Eagle II Airport covers an area of 4,257 acres
Summary (1,723 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways:[1]
• Runway 4/22 - 7,400 x 100 ft (2,256 x 30 m). Full ILS &
Airport type Public
MALSR (22 end); PAPI visual navigational aide
Owner City of Albuquerque • Runway 17/35 - 5,999 x 100 ft (1,828 x 30 m). REIL
(each end); PAPI visual navigational aide
Serves Albuquerque, New Mexico
Traffic pattern altitude is 6,800’ mean sea level. Right
Elevation AMSL 5,837 ft / 1,779 m hand traffic patterns for runways 22 and 35.
For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2006, the
Runways
airport had 131,397 aircraft operations, an average of 359
Direction Length Surface per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi and 1% military.
ft m There are 254 aircraft based at this airport: 83% single-
engine, 8% multi-engine, 7% helicopter, 2% ultralight and
4/22 7,400 2,256 Asphalt <1% jet.[1]
17/35 5,999 1,828 Asphalt
Statistics (2006) Filming location
Aircraft operations 131,397 Scenes for the pilot episode of the television series Termi-
nator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles were filmed on location
Based aircraft 254
at Double Eagle II Airport. For the filming, the airport’s
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] sign was partially covered with a new sign stating the fic-
tional name, "Red Valley Regional Airport", but the lower
KAEG, AEG)
Double Eagle II Airport (ICAO: KAEG FAA LID: AEG is a portion of the sign stating the actual latitude, longitude,
public airport located seven miles (11 km) northwest of and elevation of the airport was left uncovered.
the central business district of Albuquerque, a city in Ber-
nalillo County, New Mexico, United States. It is owned by
the City of Albuquerque.[1]
References
Located on the far west side of the city, it is Albu- [1] ^ FAA Airport Master Record for AEG (Form 5010
querque’s second airport after Albuquerque Internation- PDF), effective 2007-10-25
al Sunport. Construction began in 1982, and the airport [2] KAEG - Double Eagle II Airport - Albuquerque, New
was named for the Double Eagle II Balloon, the first bal- Mexico at Great Circle Mapper
loon to cross the Atlantic ocean, piloted by Ben Abruzzo, [3] AEG / WIME - Aek Godang Airport - Padang
Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman. Sidempuan, Sumatra, Indonesia at Great Circle
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter Mapper
location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Double Eagle II
is assigned AEG by the FAA but has no designation from
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Double Eagle II Airport
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• Double Eagle II Airport at City of Albuquerque • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
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• AirNav airport information for KAEG Procedures for KAEG
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