# Sierra Blanca Regional Airport (RUI / KSRR)

**Sierra Blanca Regional Airport** (IATA: RUI, ICAO: KSRR) is a medium airport in Alto, New Mexico, United States. It opened in Dec 1987. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,120 ft (2,475 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RUI / KSRR
- FAA: SRR
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Alto, New Mexico, United States
- Opened: Dec 1987
- Elevation: 6,814 ft / 2,077 m
- Coordinates: 33.4628, -105.5350
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 8,120 ft / 2,475 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches, 1 departure
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Blanca_Regional_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7511340
- Weather station: KSRR
- Ident: KSRR

## Timeline

- Dec 1987: Sierra Blanca Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 8,120 ft / 2,475 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 071° / 251° | yes |
| 12/30 | 6,309 ft / 1,923 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 132° / 312° | yes |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 444 mi / 715 km · Contour Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from RUI, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- LF [Contour Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/contour-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 8,120 ft / 2,475 m | #2,626 of 29,858 | #519 in North America | #383 in US |
| Elevation | 6,814 ft / 2,077 m | #596 of 43,403 | #287 in North America | #202 in US |
| Age | Opened 1987 | =9,153 of 15,079 | =6,972 in North America | =6,861 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 126.475 |
| CNTR | ALBUQUERQUE CNTR | 132.650 |
| FSS | ALBUQUERQUE RDO | 122.250 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [ALM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kalm.md) Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport · 51 mi / 82 km
- [HMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khmn.md) Holloman Air Force Base · 54 mi / 86 km
- [ROW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krow.md) Roswell Air Center Airport · 59 mi / 95 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Sierra Blanca Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sierra_Blanca_Regional_Airport&oldid=1362806652), revision of 6 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/ksrr/data