Business View Magazine | September 2020

174 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2020 AT A GLANCE THE SAN LUIS VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT WHAT: A non-primary, commercial service and general aviation airport WHERE: Alamosa, Colorado WEBSITE: www.sanluisvalleyairport.org T he San Luis Valley Regional Airport (ALS) is a non-primary, commercial service and general aviation airport, located one mile south of the City of Alamosa, Colorado, in the south-central part of the state. The airport covers 1,700 acres at an elevation of 7,539 feet. It has one asphalt runway, 2/20, which is 8,519 x 100 feet, and one turf runway, 6/24, which is 3,400 x 100 feet, and mostly used by student pilots and crop dusting businesses. “The San Luis Valley Regional Airport was constructed in 1939,” recounts Airport Manager, Will Hickman. “It started out very humbly – one hangar was built by Carl Bergman and Lloyd Jones and the City of Alamosa built a second hangar during that same year. It was originally known as Bergman Field. In March 1941, the airfield was officially operational, and in July 1941, they had the first meeting of the Airport Board of Control. In 1947, Monarch Airlines began service with a DC-3 aircraft. It was the first commercial service here in Alamosa. At the NLUIS ALLEY gional Airport Ready to expand