San Luis Valley Regional Airport

San Luis Valley Regional Airport (IATA: ALS, ICAO: KALS, FAA LID: ALS) (Bergman Field) is two miles south of Alamosa, in Alamosa County, Colorado, United States.^[1] It sees one airline, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. The airport reached 10,000 enplanements for the first time in its EAS participation with Boutique Air and is now classified as a non-hub primary airport.^[2]

San Luis Valley Regional Airport Bergman Field
Terminal building
IATA: ALS ICAO: KALS FAA LID: ALS WMO: 72462
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City and County of Alamosa
Serves	San Luis Valley, Southern Colorado, Northern New Mexico
Location	2490 State Avenue, Alamosa, Colorado 81101
Elevation AMSL	7,539 ft / 2,298 m
Coordinates	37°26′06″N 105°51′59″W
Website	San Luis Valley Regional Airport
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 2/20 8,521 2,597 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (year ending 1/31/2018) 8,403 Based aircraft 26
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

History

The airport was conceived in 1939 and construction began later that year. It was opened in early 1941. It is now owned by the City and County of Alamosa and is named for Carl A. Bergman (1908–1988), a local businessman and initial supporter of the airport. The first airline flights were Monarch DC-3s in 1946–47; Monarch's successor Frontier started service in 1982 with Convair 580's.

Facilities

The airport covers 1,700 acres (688 ha) at an elevation of 7,539 feet (2,298 m). It has one runway: 2/20 is 8,521 by 100 feet (2,597 x 30 m) asphalt .^[1]

In the year ending January 31, 2018 the airport had 8,403 aircraft operations, average 23 per day: 52% general aviation, 30% air taxi, and 18% military. 26 aircraft were then based at the airport: 20 single-engine and 6 multi-engine.^[1] The airport is an uncontrolled airport that has no control tower.^[3]

Airline and destination

Scheduled passenger service:

Airlines	Destinations
Denver Air Connection	Denver[4]

Statistics

Top destinations

Busiest domestic routes out of ALS
(April 2022 - March 2023) ^[5]

Rank	City	Passengers
1	Denver, CO	9,000

Passenger boardings (enplanements) by year, as per the FAA^[6]

Year	2009 [7]	2010 [8]	2011 [9]	2012 [10]	2013[11]	2014[12]	2015[13]	2016[14]	2017[15]	2018[16]	2019[17]	2023[18]
Enplanements	6,279	6,737	7,104	6,959	6,983	3,920	3,105	3,863	6,494	7,125	10,044	11,319
Change	12.32%	7.29%	5.45%	2.04%	0.34%	43.86%	20.79%	24.41%	68.11%	9.72%	40.97%	12.66%
Airline	Great Lakes Airlines	Great Lakes Airlines	Great Lakes Airlines	Great Lakes Airlines	Great Lakes Airlines	Great Lakes Airlines	Great Lakes Airlines	Great Lakes Airlines	Boutique Air	Boutique Air	Boutique Air	Denver Air Connection
Destination(s)	Denver	Denver	Denver	Denver	Denver	Denver Farmington	Denver Farmington	Denver	Albuquerque Denver	Denver	Denver	Denver

See also

• List of airports in Colorado