Hot Air Balloon Festival New Mexico 2019

Total number of registered hot air balloons.

Total number of registered special shape balloons. During this season the sky is bluer the days are gentler and the mornings crisper almost as though the landscape has taken a deep sigh and on the desert s warm breath sails the annual albuquerque international balloon fiesta. 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. Picture perfect final numbers.

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