AAAA Pilot and Crew Tools - PZ's

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Pilot/Crew Tools

Upcoming Flying Events

August 9, 2008
Rio Rancho, NM

Balloon Info Line

(505) 263-0222
Courtesy of Verizon

Upcoming Meetings

General Meeting
July 22, 2008
7:00 pm
Garduno's on the Green
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Park

Board of Directors
August 18, 2008
6:00 pm
Balloon Fiesta Office

PZ Maps for Albuquerque, NM

These PZ maps reflect the KAIBF 2001 Official Pilot Map. Special thanks to the KAIBF for making these available to the AAAA. Start at the Overview, then select an Area, and finally a PZ to see the detailed view. There is also a map of the the Balloon Park Area. There is a link to a printer friendly version on each page. If you have Microsoft Streets & Trips or MapPoint on your computer, you can download the map file. Once open in Streets & Trips or MapPoint, you can scroll around the map, zoom in and out, customize, and print maps.

The following PZ Map is in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. It is a large but very detailed map of the Albuquerque area.

Albuquerque PZ Map (4 MB)

To print an area of the map, use the following instructions. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader and Microsoft Word.

  1. Download the map to your machine.
  2. Open the PDF file using Adobe Acrobat.
  3. Within Acrobat, zoom to the area that you wish to view.
  4. Click on Tools and select Snapshot.
  5. Using the cursor, select the area that you want to print.
  6. The area will be copied onto the "clipboard".
  7. Open Microsoft Word and create a new document.
  8. Place your cursor on the document and paste.
  9. This puts the info onto the word document.
  10. Print the Word document.

List of PZ's

Red Zones

Map ID Area Red Zone Action
A NORTH Gas Company Santa Fe Junction 500' AGL
B NORTH Arabian Stables 1000' AGL
C NORTH Intel 500' AGL
D EAST Sandia Pueblo, Horses & Crops 500' AGL
E EAST Propane Fueling, During Fiesta only 500' AGL
F EAST Bien Mur, Buffalo 500' AGL
G EAST Alameda & Rio Grande - Horses 500' AGL
H EAST Duke Insulation, Big Birds 500' AGL
I EAST 2nd & Alameda, Horses 500' AGL
J EAST Sheriff's Pose Arena, Horses 500' AGL
K EAST Phillips Semiconductors 500' AGL
L WEST Alban Hills Residential Area 500' AGL
M EAST Rio Grande Nature Center 500' AGL
N EAST Horses 500' AGL
O SOUTH Rio Grande Zoo 1000' AGL
P SOUTH New Mexico State Fairgrounds - Horses 500' AGL
These PZ's are not on the AIBF Pilot Map
Q WEST 72nd St. & Juniper NW, Irate Resident 500' AGL
R WEST Coors & Alameda NW, Horses 500' AGL
S SOUTH South Coors & Cottonwood Ln. SW No Landings

MAP ID AREA YELLOW ZONE
1NORTHMeadowlark Applewood Neighborhood
2EASTNorth Edith Edition
3EASTCiticorp
4EASTCoronado Airport
5WESTRinconada Canyon, Petroglyph Park
6WESTBulls
7EASTJohn Hancock Building
8EASTHoneywell
9WESTOpen Space
10WESTLa Luz Town homes
11EASTSandia Prep School
12EASTVulcan Materials Co
13EASTAlbuquerque Academy School
14WESTSt. Pius High School
15EASTDetention Centers - 2 Locations
16SOUTHSandia & Manzano Bases
17WESTLa Orilla NW
18WESTNW Coors & Western Trails

Albuquerque Aerostat Ascension Association (AAAA)
P.O. Box 90160
Albuquerque, NM 87199-0160