October 3 Albuquerque Aloft – The first flying event of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta will take off from elementary schools across the city. Students, families, and staff will have the ...

To Albuquerque now, where under a desert sky, hundreds of pilots ready themselves to be lighter than air. At dawn, they'll lift off in hot air balloons, painting the October sky in a wash of color.

The return marked the first hot air balloon flights in Palo Duro Canyon in more than 13 years. For this reporter, it was also ...

As Albuquerque’s largest event of the year enters its final weekend, there is a process for how organizers manage 500 hot air balloons and all of the people that come with it. Saturday is the eighth ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) — As part of the upcoming Route 66 Centennial, a hot air balloon paying homage to the Mother Road will be unveiled at this year’s Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. New Mexico ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is undeniably a signature event for its host city, attracting ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Old Man Gloom is hitting the road this fall — or, more accurately, the sky. The Zozobra hot air balloon, a ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – There’s a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes at Balloon Fiesta to get all those balloons in the air safely. The person in charge of giving the green flag, or keeping ...