# Los Alamos Airport (LAM / KLAM)

**Los Alamos Airport** (IATA: LAM, ICAO: KLAM) is a small airport in Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States. It opened in Apr 1963. It has one runway, 6,000 ft (1,829 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LAM / KLAM
- FAA: LAM
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States
- Opened: Apr 1963
- Elevation: 7,171 ft / 2,186 m
- Coordinates: 35.8798, -106.2690
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 6,000 ft / 1,829 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Website: http://www.lam.aero
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Alamos_County_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10850860
- Weather station: KLAM
- Ident: KLAM

## Timeline

- Apr 1963: Los Alamos Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 6,000 ft / 1,829 m | 120 ft / 37 m | Asphalt | 102° / 282° | yes |

- 09/27 slopes 1.5%: threshold 27 at 7,080 ft / 2,158 m, threshold 09 at 7,171 ft / 2,186 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,000 ft / 1,829 m | =4,614 of 29,858 | =1,310 in North America | =1,036 in US |
| Elevation | 7,171 ft / 2,186 m | #470 of 43,403 | #209 in North America | #146 in US |
| Age | Opened 1963 | =5,069 of 15,079 | =3,512 in North America | =3,434 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ARTC | ALBUQUERQUE CNTR | 132.800 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 124.175 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

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## 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/klam/data