The Fiesta may be over, but you'll enjoy knowing these fun and interesting facts about Balloon Fiesta 2011.
This year there were 563 registered balloons, 98 of which fell in to the special shapes category.
Balloons from 21 countries filled Albuquerque skies during the 9 day event, including those from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, the Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States.
There were 42 states represented in this year's Balloon Fiesta.
There were eight gas balloons registered for the America's Challenge race.
Britain's David Hempleman-Adams and co-pilot Jonathan Mason, who now resides in Australia, traveled nearly 1,000 miles (1,609 km) to the Canadian border in North Dakota and in the process set the new America's Challenge duration record of 71 hours, 31 minutes.
Balloon Fiesta's estimated 2011 attendance is 737,466 visits.
Did you miss it this year? No problem we'll be seeing you next year at the Balloon Fiesta - the first two weekends of October.
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