San Luis Valley Regional Airport


San Luis Valley Regional Airport is two miles south of Alamosa, in Alamosa County, Colorado. It sees one airline, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. The airport reached 10,000 enplanements for the first time in its EAS participation with Boutique Air and can now be classified as a non-hub primary airport.

History

The airport was conceived in 1939 and construction began later that year. It was opened in early 1941. It is now owned by the CIty and County of Alamosa and is named for Carl A. Bergman, a local businessman and initial supporter of the airport. The first airline flights were Monarch DC-3s in 1946-47; successor Frontier pulled out its Convair 580s in 1982.

Facilities

The airport covers 1,700 acres at an elevation of 7,539 feet. It has one runway: 2/20 is 8,519 by 100 feet asphalt.
In the year ending January 1, 2011 the airport had 30,772 aircraft operations, average 84 per day: 73% general aviation, 23% air taxi, and 3% military. 44 aircraft were then based at the airport: 84% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, and 2% helicopter. The airport is an uncontrolled airport that has no control tower.

Airline and destination

Scheduled passenger service:
Destinations map

Statistics

Top destinations

Year20092010201120122013201420152016201720182019
Enplanements6,2796,7377,1046,9596,9833,9203,1053,8636,4947,12510,044
Change12.32%7.29%5.45%2.04%0.34%43.86%20.79%24.41%68.11%9.72%40.97%
AirlineGreat Lakes AirlinesGreat Lakes AirlinesGreat Lakes AirlinesGreat Lakes AirlinesGreat Lakes AirlinesGreat Lakes AirlinesGreat Lakes AirlinesGreat Lakes AirlinesBoutique AirBoutique AirBoutique Air
DestinationDenverDenverDenverDenverDenverDenver
----Farmington		Denver
----Farmington		DenverAlbuquerque
----Denver		DenverDenver