# Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport (ALM / KALM)

**Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport** (IATA: ALM, ICAO: KALM) is a medium airport in Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States. It opened in Oct 1959. It has 2 runways; the longest is 9,207 ft (2,806 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kalm

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ALM / KALM
- FAA: ALM
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States
- Opened: Oct 1959
- Elevation: 4,200 ft / 1,280 m
- Coordinates: 32.8378, -105.9931
- Runways: 2
- Helipads: 1
- Longest runway: 9,207 ft / 2,806 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach, 1 departure
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamogordo%E2%80%93White_Sands_Regional_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4705990
- Weather station: KALM
- Ident: KALM

## Timeline

- Oct 1959: Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 9,207 ft / 2,806 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 046° / 226° | yes |
| 17/35 | 3,257 ft / 993 m | 190 ft / 58 m | Dirt | 174° / 354° |  |

- Also 1 helipad.

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 9,207 ft / 2,806 m | #1,599 of 29,858 | #342 in North America | #253 in US |
| Elevation | 4,200 ft / 1,280 m | #3,177 of 43,403 | #1,705 in North America | #1,354 in US |
| Age | Opened 1959 | =4,466 of 15,079 | =3,045 in North America | =2,970 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | HOLLOMAN APP | 120.600 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 127.825 |
| DEP | HOLLOMAN DEP | 128.100 |
| RDO | ALBUQUERQUE RDO | 122.150 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [HMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khmn.md) Holloman Air Force Base · 6.7 mi / 11 km
- [RUI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksrr.md) Sierra Blanca Regional Airport · 51 mi / 82 km
- [LRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klru.md) Las Cruces International Airport · 66 mi / 106 km
- [BIF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbif.md) Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss) · 72 mi / 116 km
- [ELP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kelp.md) El Paso International Airport · 74 mi / 120 km
- [TCS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktcs.md) Truth or Consequences Municipal Airport · 79 mi / 127 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kalm/data