Elizabeth City Regional Airport (IATA: ECG, ICAO: KECG, FAA LID: ECG) is a joint civil-military public and military use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Elizabeth City, in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, United States.
 The airport, on the shore of the Pasquotank River, is also known as Elizabeth City-Pasquotank County Regional Airport or ECG Regional Airport.
 It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a "general aviation" facility.
Albuquerque International Sunport (IATA: ABQ, ICAO: KABQ, FAA LID: ABQ) is a public airport 3 miles (5 km) southeast of downtown Albuquerque, in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States.
 It is the largest commercial airport in the state, handling 4,775,098 passengers in 2016.
 The airport serves Albuquerque and Santa Fe (also served by Santa Fe Municipal Airport).
KIVA (1600 AM) is an American radio station licensed to Albuquerque, New Mexico serving the Albuquerque metropolitan area.
 KIVA broadcasts on 1600 AM and on FM translator K229CL 93.7.
 Its studios are located near the Albuquerque International Airport and the transmitter tower is located a mile from the studios.
Tijeras Canyon (sometimes also referred to as Tijeras Pass) is a prominent canyon in the central part of the U.S. state of New Mexico.
 It separates the Sandia Mountains to the north from the Manzano Mountains to the south.
 (The two ranges can also be considered parts of one larger mountain chain.)
 Elevations along the bottom of the canyon range from 5600 ft to 7000 ft above sea level.
 The canyon drains to the west, into a large dry wash known as Tijeras Arroyo, which runs through Kirtland Air Force Base, passes just south of the Albuquerque International Airport, and then joins the Rio Grande.
 The arroyo heads at the historically important pass (approximately 7,040 ft ), and this pass and the entire canyon are traversed by Interstate 40, following the path of historic U.S. Route 66.
 (Route 66 originally passed through Santa Fe and entered Albuquerque from the North.
 In 1937 Governor Arthur Hannett re-routed the road away from Santa Fe and through Tijeras Canyon as revenge on politicians who he perceived had thwarted his re-election.)
Kirtland Air Force Base (IATA: ABQ, ICAO: KABQ) is a United States Air Force base located in the southeast quadrant of the Albuquerque, New Mexico urban area, adjacent to the Albuquerque International Sunport.
 The base was named for the early Army aviator Col. Roy C. Kirtland.
 The military and the international airport share the same runways, making ABQ a joint civil-military airport.
Ta'if Regional Airport (IATA: TIF, ICAO: OETF) is an airport in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia.
 Despite its name, it also offers many international flights as well.
 The airport is located 30 km to the east of Taif and 70 km from Mecca.
 The airport is considered important in Saudi aviation history as it witnessed the first landing of Ibn Saud's plane, founder of the Kingdom.
 It was converted to a regional airport in 2009 when GACA allowed international airlines to operate at the airport as the city's population was increasing and to reduce pressure on the three main airports at the time.
 Despite being named as a "Regional" airport, the airport actually has international flights destinations in half a dozen countries outside of Saudi Arabia.
Oxnard Field (also known at various times as Albuquerque Airport and Albuquerque Army Air Field) was the first airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
 It served as the home of commercial aviation in Albuquerque from 1928 to 1929 and remained in use for other purposes until 1948.
 The field was located on Albuquerque's East Mesa, east of the present site of Albuquerque International Sunport.
West Mesa Airport was an airport on Albuquerque, New Mexico's West Side.
 Built in 1929, it was the city's second airport after the original Albuquerque Airport (completed in 1928).
 West Mesa was built by Western Air Express and was originally known as "Western Air Express Airport."
 TWA and Continental Airlines operated out of this airport until the Albuquerque Municipal Airport (now Albuquerque International Sunport) was built in 1939.
 Cutter-Carr Flying Service (known later as Cutter Flying Service or Cutter Aviation) operated flight instruction and fuel service until shortly before West Mesa Airport closed in 1967.
Pensacola International Airport (IATA: PNS, ICAO: KPNS, FAA LID: PNS) , formerly Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport and Pensacola Regional Airport (Hagler Field), is a public use airport three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Pensacola, in Escambia County, Florida, United States.
 It is owned by the City of Pensacola.
 Despite the name, this airport does not offer direct international flights.
 This airport is one of the five major airports in North Florida, others being: Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport Tallahassee International Airport, and Jacksonville International Airport.
Barkley Regional Airport (IATA: KPAH, ICAO: PAH) is located 12 nautical miles west of Paducah, in McCracken County, Kentucky, United States.
 The airport is owned by the Barkley Regional Airport Authority.
 It is used for general aviation and sees one airline subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

Question: Which airport is located nearer to a major city, Albuquerque International Sunport or Barkley Regional Airport?
Answer: Albuquerque International Sunport