🇺🇸 Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport

The Alamogordo-White Sands Regional Airport (IATA: ALM, ICAO: KALM, FAA LID: ALM) is a public-use airport owned and operated by the City of Alamogordo, New Mexico,. It is located four nautical miles southwest of Alamogordo. The airport opened in October 1959 and was formerly known as Alamogordo Municipal Airport,.

Facility and Operations:

• Runways: The airport has two runways:
• Runway 4/22: 9,207 by 150 feet (2,806 x 46 meters) with an asphalt surface,.
• Runway 17/35: 3,257 by 190 feet (993 x 58 meters) with a dirt surface,.
• Control Tower: There is no air traffic control tower at the airport,.
• Fuel: 100LL and A1+ jet fuel are available,.
• Services: The airport offers air ambulance services, avionics, charter service, glider service, pilot instruction, and glider towing services.
• Operations: For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2023, the airport had 34,100 aircraft operations, averaging 93 per day. These operations were primarily general aviation (94%), with 6% military and less than 1% air taxi.

Notable Features and History:

• Fire Tanker Base: The airport serves as a designated United States Forest Service Fire Tanker Base, with tanker aircraft stationed there annually from June to August. Neptune Aviation and Erickson Aero Tanker base firefighting aircraft at the airport during active forest fire seasons.
• Solar Array: An 8-kilowatt solar photovoltaic array was installed in November 2008, funded by a $100,000 grant.
• Commercial Service History: Continental Airlines provided the first commercial airline service to Alamogordo in 1954, initially at Holloman Air Force Base and then at the municipal airport when it opened. Service was later transferred to Frontier Airlines. New Mexico Airlines discontinued service in 2012, and the airport currently does not have commercial air service.

Current Status: The Alamogordo-White Sands Regional Airport is operational and open to the public,. It is categorized as a general aviation airport. The city owns the terminal building, maintenance shop, fire station, and 1500 acres of fenced-in property.

*Sources researched: ci.alamogordo.nm.us, nfdc.faa.gov, en.wikipedia.org, skyvector.com, airnav.com*