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- The fiesta occurs over nine days during the first full week of October each year. The most popular events during the fiesta are the morning mass ascensions. Held on weekend mornings, the ascensions feature two waves of hot air balloons, launched just after sunrise. With more than 550 balloons in the air, it’s a spectacular sight.
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From a small gathering of 13 balloons in 1972, the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta has grown to become the largest balloon event in the world. Held each year during the first week in October, the Balloon Fiesta now features about 600 balloons and 700 pilots.
The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is a yearly hot air balloon festival that takes place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, during early October. The Balloon Fiesta is a nine-day event occurring in the first full week of October, and has over 500 hot air balloons each year, far from its beginnings of merely 13 balloons in 1972. [ 1 ]
Oct 13, 2024 · Fiesta officials say nobody was injured and the fire was quickly extinguished. On Friday, a balloon pilot with two passengers aboard struck a radio tower and knocked it down west of Balloon Fiesta Park. It was the second time in 20 years that a balloon had come into contact with that tower.
Apr 6, 2022 · The first Balloon Fiesta happened in 1972, when 13 balloons gathered in the eastern edge of the parking lot of the Coronado Center Mall in Albuquerque. The ballooning event was part of a celebration for the 50th anniversary of local radio station KOB (now KKOB).
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is the biggest event in New Mexico each year, but it didn’t start that way. Since 1972, the Balloon Fiesta has grown into a ...
Oct 12, 2024 · Another balloon bumped into a power line earlier this week in Albuquerque on the festival's third day, leaving nearly 13,000 customers without power for almost an hour.
Sep 21, 2023 · This year marks the 51st anniversary of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. Back in 1972, balloons were not so common in Albuquerque, and Sid Cutter was the go-to guy as a...
