Transfer to/from - Albuquerque airport (ABQ)

Transportation

COVID-19 - Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, services and schedules of the different transportation options may be subject to change as well as the limit of available capacity could be reduced. In turn, due to the changing situation, some services may even be temporarily canceled.

Ride-sharing

Vehicles from Uber and Lyft can be boarded outside the luggage recollection hall.

Bus

ABQ Ride (Tel +1 505 243 7433) operates services between the airport and Alvarado Transportation Center, in the city centre. Line 250 is an express and free service that runs only on weekdays. Travel time is 15 minutes. Route 50 runs along Yale Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. It operates from Monday to Friday between 7:00 am and 8:00 pm, Saturdays from 9:45 am to 6:50 pm and Sundays from 9:42 am to 4:57 pm, with a frequency of 30 min. and a cost of USD1.00. Stops are located at the west end of level 1.

There are also mini-bus services to Santa Fe provided by Groome Transportation (Tel +1 505 474 5696), and to Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Espanola and surrounding areas provided by RoadRunneR Shuttle & Charter (Tel +1 505 424 3367).

There are several companies that offer transportation to destinations inside the state, such as Belen, Catron County, Santa Fe, Espanola, Taos, Taos Ski Valley, Red River, Rio Costilla, Questa and Southern Colorado: Herrera Coaches (Tel +1 505 242 1108), Paradise Tours (Tel +1 505 877 0697), Socorro Taxi (Tel +1 505 835 4276), Taos Rides (Tel +1 575 613 3256), Tours of the Southwest (Tel +1 505 982 0623).

Car rental search

Train

A shuttle service from ABQ Ride runs to the train station, where you can board services from New Mexico Rail Runner Express (Tel +1 505 245 7245) to Santa Fe and Belen, or from Amtrak (Tel +1 800 872 7245) to several locations inside the country.

Taxi

Outside the Arrivals Hall, you can find cabs from zTrip (Tel +1 505 247 8888) and ABQ Green Cab Company (Tel +1 505 243 6800). The trip to the city centre takes 15-20 minutes.

Public transportation fares and schedules

While there are issues that seem more than obvious, it is always advisable to take into account when moving from or to the airport, and especially if you go on some public transport.  1- To the airport - It is convenient to go out with a little more anticipation than you would commonly suggest. If you choose a taxi or a private car service, always keep in mind peak transit times, demonstrations, strikes or events that may take more or less the trip to the airport from where you are. It is always good to be informed about what happens in the place where you find yourself.
If you have a shared transfer service, please have a contact Tel in case of any delay on the part of the company. In these cases, a scheduled collection schedule is already in tenter.
If you are using public transport (bus, train), have the schedules (weekends and holidays usually have fewer frequencies), if you have to transfer and also how to board (if you need a card or boarding pass or paying at the moment to the driver or rider). These are details that seem obvious, but it is advisable to know not to have surprises and suffer a delay that could bring complications.
If you rent a car to get to the airport check well, where you must leave the vehicles. In some airports, there is an exclusive parking lot for rental cars.  2 -From the airport- here is a little less stressful as you don't have the pressure to miss the flight. In the worst case you will arrive later to the place where you are going to stay or to the meeting point where you try to arrive. Once you get out of the plane, pick up your suitcase and finish with the required arrival procedures. Then you have to look for the public transport signs or consult the airport staff. It is very useful to inform the timetables of the buses in case you arrive late at night. Not all of them work 24 hours a day. The same goes for taxis. If you have hired a private car service, keep ready the mobile app to contact the driver. Some transport services hired, have a person waiting for you, identified with a sign.
If you rent a car to go from the airport to your final destination, for more peace of mind it is recommended to reserve it earlier. Rental counters are usually available at arrivals hall.