KALS · San Luis Valley Regional Airport/Bergman Field

ALAMOSA, COLORADO · MEDIUM AIRPORT · SCHEDULED SERVICE

7,539

Elevation ft

Runway

8,521

Longest ft · 02/20

37.43N

105.87W

San Luis Valley Regional Airport/Bergman Field serves Alamosa, Colorado at 7,539 ft elevation with its longest runway, 02/20, at 8,521 by 100 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
02/20	8,521 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 7,539 ft is about 0°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 0°C)	7,539 ft	3,908 ft	2,905 ft	4,358 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	8,739 ft	4,142 ft	3,032 ft	4,548 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	9,939 ft	4,377 ft	3,159 ft	4,738 ft
35°C afternoon	11,748 ft	4,729 ft	3,349 ft	5,024 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (02/20, 8,521 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (5,024 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at KALS is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KMVI Monte Vista Municipal Airport	10 nm NW	5,902 ft
K1V8 Leach Airport	23 nm N	7,000 ft
KRCV Astronaut Kent Rominger Airport	29 nm NW	6,051 ft
KN24 Questa Municipal Nr 2 Airport	40 nm S	6,861 ft
K07V Cuchara Valley At La Veta Airport	41 nm E	5,798 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KALS

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KALS, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at KALS or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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