Hot Air Balloons

For those wanting to celebrate Christmas Eve in a more Burqueno way, the annual Arroyo Del Oso Balloon Glow will have hot air balloons to raise holiday spirits. Photograph taken at 2024 International Balloon Fiesta.

The University of New Mexico unveiled its very first hot air balloon with a student celebration this morning. About 300 students and staff gathered at Johnson Field with burritos and coffee to watch the newest addition to the hot air ballooning capital of the world.

Albuquerque balloonists are celebrating after navigating around a Federal Aviation Administration rule that threatened the city's status as “the hot air balloon capital of the world.”

For the first two weekends and the week between in October, Albuquerque's Rio Grande valley fills with hot air balloons. On this episode of The Children’s…