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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.
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.
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San Luis Valley Regional Airport
Bergman Field |
The terminal building at the San Luis Valley Regional Airport, located at 2490 State Avenue in Alamosa, Colorado. Image by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0. |
- IATA: ALS
- ICAO: KALS
- FAA LID: ALS
- WMO: 72462
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| 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 |
https://www.sanluisvalleyairport.org/ |
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ALS
Location of airport in Colorado
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| Direction |
Length |
Surface |
| ft |
m |
| 2/20 |
8,521 |
2,597 |
Asphalt |
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| Aircraft operations (year ending 1/31/2018) |
8,403 |
| Based aircraft |
26 |
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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.
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. The airport is an uncontrolled airport that has no control tower.
Airline and destination
Scheduled passenger service:
| Destinations |
| Denver Air Connection |
Denver |
Statistics
Top destinations
Busiest domestic routes out of ALS
(April 2022 - March 2023)
| Rank |
City |
Passengers |
| 1 |
Denver, CO |
9,000 |
Passenger boardings (enplanements) by year, as per the FAA
| Year |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
| Enplanements |
6,279 |
6,737 |
7,104 |
6,959 |
6,983 |
3,920 |
| Change |
down 12.32% |
up 7.29% |
up 5.45% |
down 2.04% |
up 0.34% |
down 43.86% |
| Airline |
Great Lakes Airlines |
Great Lakes Airlines |
Great Lakes Airlines |
Great Lakes Airlines |
Great Lakes Airlines |
Great Lakes Airlines |
| Destination(s) |
Denver |
Denver |
Denver |
Denver |
Denver |
Denver
- - -
Farmington |
Passenger boardings (enplanements) by year, as per the FAA
| Year |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
| Enplanements |
3,105 |
3,863 |
6,494 |
7,125 |
10,044 |
| Change |
down 20.79% |
up 24.41% |
up 68.11% |
up 9.72% |
up 40.97% |
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Great Lakes Airlines |
Great Lakes Airlines |
Boutique Air |
Boutique Air |
Boutique Air |
| Destination(s) |
Denver
- - -
Farmington |
Denver |
Albuquerque
- - -
Denver |
Denver |
Denver |
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