Watch: Airline passenger captures massive dust storm sweeping through New Mexico city
The National Weather Service office in Albuquerque warned of blowing dust through southern and central Albuquerque through Monday afternoon.
Watch: Airplane passenger captures massive dust storm over New Mexico on camera
While on a flight heading out of Albuquerque on Monday, a passenger captured incredible video of dust sweeping through the city.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.– A powerful dust storm was caught on video Monday, from a passenger aboard a flight heading out of Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the system moved in.
In the video, waves of thick dust hang over the city beneath the plane.
Clouds of dust moving into Albuquerque.
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The National Weather Service office in Albuquerque warned of blowing dust through southern and central parts of the city through Monday afternoon.
Blowing dust will impact much of central and southern #Albuquerque through 130PM. Live look from the office cam at the #Sunport looking west below. #nmwx pic.twitter.com/J9OMPxkpC1
— NWS Albuquerque (@NWSAlbuquerque) May 25, 2026
As the plane continued to fly away from the city, the dust got thicker as it blew toward Albuquerque.
According to the NWS, a dust storm is a wall of dust and debris that is blown into an area by strong winds from thunderstorms.
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Thick wall of dust over Albuquerque on May 25, 2026.
(Christine Tenenholtz via Storyful / FOX Weather)
Rain, thunderstorms and the threat of flash flooding have been prevalent across New Mexico in recent days.
The NWS said dust from dust storms can be miles long and thousands of feet high, as made clear by the video.
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In the video, the clouds of dust expanded for as far as the eye could see, met by gray cloudy skies.
The dust hid the ground below.
(Christine Tenenholtz via Storyful / FOX Weather)
As the camera panned toward the front of the plane, more and more dust could be seen.
The ground below was barely seen as the dust moved through.
Dust storms are typically very short, but can quickly cause a multitude of problems for people driving, outdoors or with health conditions.