San Luis Valley Regional Airport (Bergman Field) is two miles south of

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, in

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, United States. It sees one airline, subsidized by the

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program. The airport reached 10,000 enplanements for the first time in its EAS participation with

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and is now 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 (1908–1988), a local businessman and initial supporter of the airport. The first airline flights were Monarch DC-3s in 1946–47; Monarch's successor Frontier started service in 1982 with

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's.

Facilities

The airport covers 1,700

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s (688 ha) at an

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of 7,539 feet (2,298 m). It has one runway: 2/20 is 8,519 by 100 feet (2,597 x 30 m)

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. In the year ending January 1, 2011 the airport had 30,772 aircraft operations, average 84 per day: 73%

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, 23%

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, and 3% military. 44 aircraft were then based at the airport: 84% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, and 2%

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. The airport is an

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that has no control tower.

Airline and destination

Scheduled passenger service:

Statistics

Top destinations

References

Other sources

* Essential Air Service documents
Docket OST-1997-2960
from the U.S. Department of Transportation: *
Order 2006-7-19
selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Alamosa and Cortez, Colorado for two years, beginning August 1, 2006. Alamosa will receive three nonstop round trips to Denver each weekday and weekend (18 total round trips per week) at an annual subsidy rate of $1,150,268. Cortez will receive three nonstop round trips to Denver each weekday and weekend at an annual subsidy rate of $796,577. Each community will be served with 19-passenger Beech 1900-D aircraft. *
Order 2008-5-34
reselecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., d/b/a United Express, to provide essential air service (EAS) at annual subsidy rates of $1,853,475 at Alamosa, Colorado, and $1,295,562 at Cortez, through July 31, 2010. *
Order 2010-7-5
selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., to continue providing subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Alamosa and Cortez, Colorado, for the two-year period beginning August 1, 2010, at the annual subsidy rates of $1,987,155 and $1,847,657, respectively.

External links

Official website

San Luis Valley Regional Airport
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Airport Information

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