The best airport to fly into is Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ), located approximately 75 miles north of Socorro. Arrival and departure transportation will be provided from the Albuquerque Airport, as well as to/from hotels and the lecture hall. Please see the sections below for more information about transportation within Socorro and from/to the airport.
Shuttles will transport participants from local hotels between 8:00 and 9:00 am each morning to NMT campus or the NRAO depending on the schedule for that day. These shuttles will be making continuous rounds, wait outside at the front of your hotel for pickup. If you are not staying in one of the suggested hotels/motels, we recommend walking to one of them and waiting there. On the day of the hike and the VLA tour, buses will pick up at the hotels at specific times. These will be announced at the workshop. On lecture days shuttles will leave from Workman 101 after the lectures to return to the motels.
On the days of the reception and Workshop, NRAO vans will return to the motels after the reception/dinner. Stay tuned for specific times.
NRAO will provide transport between Albuquerque Airport and Socorro hotels on Tuesday, May 15. The times of these buses are set to best match the flight arrival times of the workshop participants. Drivers need to know your hotel. Be sure to check this page right before you start your trip to Socorro, as schedules might change. The schedule is TBD.
We will have greeters at the Albuquerque airport. PLEASE CONTACT A GREETER WHEN YOU ARRIVE. The greeter will direct you where to go when the buses arrive and can assist you in other ways (e.g., look after your luggage while you go get something to eat). The greeter has a list of people that need to be picked up, if you arrange other transportation, please let the greeter know. The greeter will be on the baggage claim level, near the escalators holding an NRAO sign. The trip to Socorro takes about 1 hour 15 minutes.
Current schedule (SUBJECT TO CHANGE): Buses are scheduled to depart 3:00pm, 7:30pm, and 11:30pm, and clean-up van at midnight.
Eric Greisen is the primary greeter at the airport. His mobile phone number is 575-418-5856.
Please contact Barbara Harris (work: 575-835-7439 mobile: 575-835-3792) if your flight has changed.
NRAO will provide transportation to the airport on the evening of Wednesday, May 23th and the morning of Thursday, May 24th only. Sign-up sheets will be available during the workshop. The schedule is TBD.
If your flight is early Thursday morning take the Wednesday evening bus and stay in an airport hotel. The trip to Albuquerque takes about 1 hour 15 minutes. The Thursday morning bus will depart Socorro no earlier than 7:30 AM.