Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport frequencies
Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport (ALM · KALM) in Alamogordo, NM has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.8. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map
All of Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport — runways, frequencies, charts and live weatherBefore taxi
- ASOS/AWOS 127.825
- An automated weather station reading the field conditions aloud — wind, visibility, ceiling, temperature and altimeter. It replaces ATIS at a field with no controller to record one. Get the altimeter setting before you descend below the transition altitude.
Taxi & takeoff
- CTAF 122.8
- The common frequency pilots use to announce themselves to each other at a field with no operating control tower. Nobody is controlling traffic — you are self announcing. Report your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern, and listen well before you transmit.
- UNICOM 122.8
- A ground station run by the FBO rather than the FAA, for fuel, parking and airport services. Use it for services. Where the field has no separate CTAF, the same frequency doubles as the advisory frequency.
Departure Holloman
- Departure 128.1
- Departure control is the radar facility working aircraft climbing out of the area. Tower hands you off after takeoff. Check in with your altitude leaving and your assigned altitude.
Arrival Holloman
- Approach 120.6
- Approach control is the radar facility sequencing arrivals into the area. Call inbound for flight following or an instrument approach, with your position, altitude and request.
Also
- Flight service 132.65 (LOW/HIGH)
- Flight Service handles briefings, flight plans and en route advisories, reached here through a remote outlet. Open and close VFR flight plans, and get updated weather in the air. 1-800-WX-BRIEF reaches the same specialists from the ground.
What to say on 122.8
Nobody is sequencing traffic at KALM, so every call is you telling other aircraft where you are. Open and close with the field name so a pilot tuned to a shared frequency knows which airport you mean — 122.8 is not unique to Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport.
- Inbound, 10 miles out
Alamogordo White Sands traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 04, Alamogordo White Sands.
- Entering the pattern
Alamogordo White Sands traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 04, Alamogordo White Sands.
- Before taking the runway
Alamogordo White Sands traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 04, Alamogordo White Sands.
Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KALM traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KALM publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →
By procedure & sector (3 more)
| 257.6 | ALAMOGORDO RCAG (LOW/HIGH) |
|---|---|
| 269.225 | APCH/P |
| 284.0 | DEP/P |
Every KALM frequency, as one table
| ASOS/AWOS | 127.825 |
|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.8 |
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
| Flight service | 132.65 (LOW/HIGH) |
| Approach | 120.6 |
| Departure | 128.1 |
Frequently asked
What is the CTAF at KALM?
Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.8 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.
What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KALM?
ASOS/AWOS at Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport is 127.825. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.
What is the approach frequency for KALM?
Approach for Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport is 120.6, working as "Holloman". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.
More about KALM
Frequencies from FAA NASR. For planning and education only; always verify against official sources.