Los Alamos Airport
LAM · KLAM · Los Alamos, New Mexico · Los Alamos County · map
Los Alamos Airport is a public-use airport owned by the County of Los Alamos, 1 mile east of Los Alamos, New Mexico, 7,171 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 6,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 46 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 13,640 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Los Alamos Airport?
Its FAA code is LAM, and its ICAO code is KLAM.
Where is Los Alamos Airport?
It is 1 mile east of Los Alamos, New Mexico, 7,171 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Los Alamos Airport?
Its one runway, 09/27, is 6,000 feet long, asphalt.
Does Los Alamos Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Los Alamos Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Los Alamos Airport?
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 Los Alamos Airport…
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 LAM · ICAO KLAM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Los Alamos
- Elevation
- 7,171 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 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
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1963
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 6,000 × 120 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: fence 8 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 27: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Lam and aWOS-3 | 124.175 | |
| Tesuque Peak Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.8 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 505-662-8423.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Ohkay Owingeh Airport (14 nm northeast), Santa FE Regional (18 nm southeast), Taos Regional (45 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
- Provided approach slopes to runway ends at least 20:1 and exceptions to the one way operations are provided in the case of adverse tail winds which would exceed a given ACFT'S tail wind limitations.
- Activate runway end identifier lightss runway 27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Tie downs available on ramp near fuel farm.
- 100LL and JET-A fuel service available 24 hours with maj credit card.
- Lnd west; takeoff east.
- +8 feet blast barrier 75 feet from threshold 50 feet L and R of centerline; +25 feet light pole 198 feet from threshold 135 feet L of centerline; +4-15 feet brush and trees 80-200 feet from threshold 125 feet L and R of centerline.
- VFR traffic rmn 5 MI east of airport until turning final; R turn on go around or missed approach.
- 1.5 up to west.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slope.
- Radio comm recommended bfr traffic pattern entry.
- Rstrd area adjacent to south side of airport.
- Wildlife 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…
Within ten miles
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 45 |
| helicopters | 1 |
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 13,640, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 60 |
| general aviation, travelling | 2,300 |
| general aviation, local | 11,230 |
| military | 50 |
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 Los Alamos from the FAA register
46 aircraft are registered to owners in Los Alamos, New Mexico: 40 piston singles, 2 gliders, 2 drones, 1 turboprop, 1 balloon. 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
Fuel and service companies in Los Alamos, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
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 type ratings; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 1 aviation medical examiner.
- Geoffrey Oberg Veneklasen private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Santa Fe, NM (18 nm) · (505) 913-1190 · [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 · 12 since 1982, 1 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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Los Alamos 46 aircraft · 40 piston singles, 2 gliders, 2 drones
- Eaa Chapter 691 3 aircraft in town
- Los Alamos Aero Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 12 since 1982 · 1 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 3,105 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/LAM.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 27, 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.