Hot Air Balloon Festival New Mexico 2019

The last day to pick up any orders already placed is friday dec 18 at 4 pm.

Each october the albuquerque international balloon fiesta is held in albuquerque new mexico and hundreds of balloonists and thousands of tourists from around the world flock to the land of enchantment for a chance to witness nine days of spectacular hot. The very first hot air balloon festival in albuquerque was in 1972 when 13 balloons went up at the same time from the coronado shopping center to promote a local radio show. The albuquerque balloon fiesta is the largest hot air ballooning event in the world and is said to be the most photographed event on earth. Total number of registered hot air balloons.

Picture perfect final numbers. Due to the public health order now in place in new mexico our gift shop remains physically closed through the end of the year. Following are the official numbers for the 48 th albuquerque international balloon fiesta held october 5 13 2019.