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) and about 81 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 34,100 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Alamogordo-White Sands Regional?
Its FAA code is ALM, and its ICAO code is KALM.
Where is Alamogordo-White Sands Regional?
It is 4 miles southwest of Alamogordo, New Mexico, 4,200 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Alamogordo-White Sands Regional?
The longest of its 3 runways, 04/22, is 9,207 feet long.
Does Alamogordo-White Sands Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Alamogordo-White Sands Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Alamogordo-White Sands Regional?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Truth OR Consequences Municipal. Every route
Are there flight schools at Alamogordo-White Sands Regional?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: White Sands Soaring Association INC and Holloman Afb Aero Club. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Alamogordo-White Sands Regional?
1 pilot examiner and 1 aviation medical examiner work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Alamogordo-White Sands Regional…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air ambulance, avionics, charter flights, gliders, flight instruction, glider towing
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Sierra Blanca Regional (44 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in New Mexico · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1 departures from ALM in those twelve months, carrying 3 passengers in 8 seats (38% filled), to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alamogordo-White Sands Regional → Truth OR Consequences Municipal ALM–TCS | 1 | 3 | Scott Aviation, LLC ... |
All 1 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 67 |
| multi-engine | 7 |
| jets | 1 |
| helicopters | 1 |
| other | 5 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 34,100, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 100 |
| general aviation, travelling | 10,000 |
| general aviation, local | 22,000 |
| military | 2,000 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Alamogordo from the FAA register
56 aircraft are registered to owners in Alamogordo, New Mexico: 36 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in New Mexico.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- White Sands Soaring Association INC 5 aircraft · Alamogordo White Sands Soaring Association is a flying club formed in 1959 that promotes soaring and operates glider flights from Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport in New Mexico.
- Holloman Afb Aero Club 3 aircraft · Holloman Afb, 6 miles away
Repair stations in Alamogordo:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 1 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 1 aviation medical examiner.
- Kevin Gregory Dunshee private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · La Luz, NM (11 nm) · (575) 430-2558 · [email protected]
All 3 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Alamogordo 56 aircraft · 36 piston singles, 12 gliders, 3 balloons
- White Sands Soaring Association INC 4 aircraft in town
- White Sands Soaring Foundation INC 3 aircraft in town
- Rig Air LLC 2 aircraft in town
- White Sands Soaring Association INC 5 aircraft · flying club
- Holloman Afb Aero Club 3 aircraft · flying club
- Ed'S Flying Service INC · repair station
- Truth OR Consequences Municipal (TCS) 1 flights in twelve months · Scott Aviation, LLC d/b/a Silver Air
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 15 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in New Mexico 1,422 since 1982 · 184 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 5 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in New Mexico 65 landing places
- New Mexico 3,107 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/ALM.json.
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 26, 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.