Directions from Albuquerque Airport to New Mexico Tech
by Pat Mills

Directions from: Albuquerque Airport (Sunport) to Socorro (NM Tech campus & NRAO Guesthouse)

First, see this link. It is a map of NM Tech campus. Please print it for reference.

Directions to NM Tech Campus (in Socorro) from Albuquerque Airport:
From ALBQ Airport take SUNPORT West - (Sunport leads west out of airport),
- move into LEFT lane before the stop sign, as Sunport dead-ends -
TURN LEFT and merge onto I-25 South

To SOCORRO:
Continue on I-25 South ~75+ miles
Drive past: Rio Grande River, Isleta Pueblo, Los Lunas, Belen, Bernardo, Sand Dunes Rest Stop, Lemitar, Escondida.

Approaching SOCORRO:
*** TAKE EXIT 150*** (the first Socorro exit)
you are on CALIFORNIA STREET (a boulevard with traffic signals)
At the 2nd traffic light on California
**TURN RIGHT** (between KFC/Taco Bell)
onto BULLOCK St., traveling west, toward M-Mountain (Socorro Peak)
NM Tech campus: starts at the 2nd “4-way stop" intersection on Bullock
E&ES department is located in Mineral Science & Engineering Complex (MSEC)
a 3-story building on the LEFT (south) of Bullock. E&ES office is room 202 (2nd floor, south side of MSEC). The main phone is: 505.835.5634

IF YOU ARE TO CONTINUE ON TO THE NRAO GUESTHOUSE:

You're on Bullock, passing the MSEC building. Continue on the same road (Bullock becomes Olive Lane) this is a curved trajectory around the back of campus. On your right will be Macey Theater. Pass the stop sign intersection of Olive & Canyon, continuing on with the golf course on your right ...

At a major FORK of Olive and Neel, bear RIGHT (this is Neel) going Uphill …
At the STOP sign, on Neel, look to your right –
The Guesthouse has a car park area and landscaping.
On the campus map, NRAO Guesthouse is west of the "NEEL" street label

You should have a separate email describing how you receive the guesthouse key.