Albuquerque Soaring Club

Albuquerque Soaring Club Located at the Moriarty Municipal Airport in Moriarty NM, 35 miles east of Albuquerque on I-40

Albuquerque Soaring Club (ASC) has approximately 70 active members. ASC has hosted two SSA Conventions in 1991 and 2000, the 1996 National Standard Class Championships, the 1995 and 2005, 1-26 Association National Championships, and two Region 9 Championships. At the 1995 1-26 Championships, the highest contest speed ever recorded, 65 mph, over the longest task ever called, 138 mi., was set. Many pilots have achieved all their soaring diamonds out of Moriarty, including three in 1-26s.

Support your local tug! Tow planes don’t run on hopes and dreams. After many tows to strong lift, ⛽️ is needed.
06/30/2025

Support your local tug! Tow planes don’t run on hopes and dreams. After many tows to strong lift, ⛽️ is needed.

DEAA cadets Elias and brothers Perry and Dash came out to the Albuquerque Soaring Club on Sunday. Michael Fried and Con...
06/11/2025

DEAA cadets Elias and brothers Perry and Dash came out to the Albuquerque Soaring Club on Sunday. Michael Fried and Connie Buenafe took them up for their first glider rides.

06/10/2025
Flights from the morning until the late afternoon, most in a very long time for the club!
06/09/2025

Flights from the morning until the late afternoon, most in a very long time for the club!

02/17/2025

Glider CFI’s Needed in Moriarty New Mexico
Do you have 200+ hours in fixed wing aircraft?
Are you looking to add a rating?
Do you want to fly more at little or no expense?
Do you want to become a better pilot overall?
Then becoming a glider CFI may be for you.
First obtain your commercial glider rating. You will need:
• three hours of flight training or 10 training flights in a glider with an authorized instructor, including at least 3 flights in preparation for the practical test;
• 20 flights in a glider as pilot in command;
• the Commercial Glider written test (CGX);
• Commercial Glider checkride;

Then obtain your glider cfi. You will need:
• at least 15 hours as pilot in command in a glider;
• either the Flight Instructor Glider (FIG) or the Flight Instructor Glider added rating (AFG) written test;
• the Fundamentals of Instruction written test (FOI);
• Glider CFI checkride.

Glider hours can count towards both
Commercial Power and ATP ratings!

Contact:
[email protected]
[email protected]

Glider CFIs needed in Moriarty New MexicoDo you have 200+ hours in fixed wing aircraft?Are you looking to add a rating?D...
02/17/2025

Glider CFIs needed in Moriarty New Mexico
Do you have 200+ hours in fixed wing aircraft?
Are you looking to add a rating?
Do you want to fly more at little or no expense?
Do you want to become a better pilot overall?
Then becoming a glider CFI may be for you.
First obtain your commercial glider rating. You will need:
• three hours of flight training or 10 training flights in a glider with an authorized instructor, including at least 3 flights in preparation for the practical test;
• 20 flights in a glider as pilot in command;
• the Commercial Glider written test (CGX);
• Commercial Glider checkride;

Then obtain your glider cfi. You will need:
• at least 15 hours as pilot in command in a glider;
• either the Flight Instructor Glider (FIG) or the Flight Instructor Glider added rating (AFG) written test;
• the Fundamentals of Instruction written test (FOI);
• Glider CFI checkride.

Glider hours can count towards both
Commercial Power and ATP ratings!

Contact:
[email protected]
[email protected]

12/08/2024

Light winds and lots of moisture, so it was not a surprise to have almost all lessons today
08/05/2024

Light winds and lots of moisture, so it was not a surprise to have almost all lessons today

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George Applebay Way
Moriarty, NM
87035

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Saturday 10am - 3pm
Sunday 10am - 3pm

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+15052173743

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The Albuquerque Soaring Club (ASC), established in 1960 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is currently headquartered at the Moriarty Municipal Airport located in Moriarty, New Mexico. Moriarty is located in the heart of the Estancia Valley, 35 miles east of Albuquerque. The club has approximately 70 active members, has a Piper Pawnee tow plane, three club gliders including a Schweizer 2-33A, a Grob 103, and a Libelle 201. Club members also own approximately 40 private ships ranging from 1-26s to a Duo-Discus.

Moriarty boasts some of the finest year round soaring conditions in the United States, including 15 knot thermals to 22,000 ft, mountain wave to 34,000 ft, and orographic lift off the Manzano, Sandia, Ortiz, and Sangre de Cristo mountain ranges. Many flights in excess of 300 miles are recorded each year. Moriarty airport is located in the Estancia Valley which runs generally north and south with the Sandia and Manzano mountain ranges to the west. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the southern terminus of the great Rocky Mountain chain, are to the north.

Moriarty airport is also home to the United States Southwest Soaring Museum, and has a commercial glider operation, Sundance Aviation.

The principal mission of the Albuquerque Soaring Club is to: