Alamogordo-White Sands Regional
ALM · KALM · Alamogordo, New Mexico · Otero County · map
Alamogordo-White Sands Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Alamogordo, 4 miles southwest of Alamogordo, New Mexico, 4,200 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 9,207 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KALM · observed 2:15 pm MDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (280°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 30.13 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KALM 062015Z AUTO 28008KT 10SM CLR 26/09 A3013 RMK AO2
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ALM · ICAO KALM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Alamogordo
- Elevation
- 4,200 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Albuquerque sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1959
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 9,207 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 3,257 × 190 ft | Dirt, fair | |
| H1 | 105 × 135 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 22: VASI, two boxes on the left
- Runway 35: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach | 120.6 | |
| Departure | 128.1 | |
| Alm and aWOS-3 | 127.825 | |
| Alamogordo and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 132.65 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 575-439-4112.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Alamogordo from the FAA register
57 aircraft are registered to owners in Alamogordo, New Mexico: 37 piston singles, 12 gliders, 3 balloons, 2 piston twins, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in New Mexico.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 15 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 8000 feet mts 4 NM east.
- Activate PAPI runway 04; VASI runway 22; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 preset med intst; incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 22 calm wind runway when less than 5 kts. 200 feet blast pads marked by chevrons.
- VFR operations between EL paso and ALAMOGORDO-WHITE Sands flw and rmn west of hwy 54 and train tracks; rmn clear of rstrd asp.
- Military, glider, ultralight and unmanned aerial vehicle act on and in the vicinity of airport.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.