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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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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.

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:

AirlinesDestinations
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 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Enplanements 6,279 6,737 7,104 6,959 6,983 3,920 3,105 3,863 6,494 7,125 10,044
Change Decrease012.32% Increase07.29% Increase05.45% Decrease02.04% Increase00.34% Decrease043.86% Decrease020.79% Increase024.41% Increase068.11% Increase09.72% Increase040.97%
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
Destination(s) Denver Denver Denver Denver Denver Denver
Farmington
Denver
Farmington
Denver Albuquerque
Denver
Denver Denver

See also