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When should I leave to pick someone up at ABQ?
ABQ pickup timing should follow the traveler’s real progress from the aircraft to the public curb. Use the passenger’s call from the public terminal as the ready cue. Remain in the Holding Pattern until the traveler can be loaded at the frontage. The waiting-lot flight displays are context, not proof that the passenger is curbside.
ABQ route identity
This page is for Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ). Airport identity and coverage come from the published Arrival airport catalog.
What the reviewed guidance says
- Use the passenger’s call from the public terminal as the ready cue.
- Remain in the Holding Pattern until the traveler can be loaded at the frontage.
- The waiting-lot flight displays are context, not proof that the passenger is curbside.
Mistakes to avoid
- Leaving the Holding Pattern because a flight display changed rather than because the passenger called.
- Entering the frontage before the traveler can be loaded.
- Treating waiting-lot flight information as proof of curb readiness.
ABQ pickup questions
What starts the ABQ pickup approach?
Use the passenger’s call from the public terminal as the ready cue. Use that condition, rather than the flight-status change, to decide when the vehicle should approach.
What must happen before the ABQ driver leaves staging?
Remain in the Holding Pattern until the traveler can be loaded at the frontage. Confirm that step directly with the traveler before leaving staging.
What can still change the ABQ timing?
The waiting-lot flight displays are context, not proof that the passenger is curbside. Recheck the current airport guidance when that condition affects the final approach.
Related ABQ pickup guidance
ABQ pickup zones
Connect the pickup_timing draft to the related pickup_zones guide.
ABQ waiting areas
Connect the pickup_timing draft to the related waiting_areas guide.
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Agent and direct-client curb estimate
How Arrival.info exposes a safe flight-to-curb estimate
Review the deterministic, read-only contract, freshness rules, explicit uncertainty, and no-mutation boundary.