KALM Alamogordo-White Sands Rgnl

UNKNOWN

Unknown — not enough evidence to call a runway

We don't know, and saying so beats guessing. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. No ADS-B traffic data available. Weather observation is 986 minutes old — treat with caution. Wind variable at 3 kt — no directional preference.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind variable 3 kt · VFR · 986 min old

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22 39% 9207 ft · calm-wind rwy

4 23% 9207 ft · right traffic

17 19% 3257 ft

35 19% 3257 ft · right traffic

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

LIGHTING RWY 4 until 03-24 21:11Z

RWY 04 RWY END ID LGT U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 22

PRIOR 22 is the designated calm-wind runway +0.50
PRIOR runway length 9207 ft +0.10

Runway 4

PRIOR runway length 9207 ft +0.10

Runway 17

PRIOR runway length 3257 ft -0.10

Runway 35

PRIOR runway length 3257 ft -0.10

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	986 min
ADSB	UNAVAILABLE		No ADS-B track history here yet
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (No ADS-B track history here yet)

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KALM field & runways

Alamogordo-White Sands Rgnl, Alamogordo, New Mexico. Field elevation 4200 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 8.0°E on record, 7.3°E today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.076°/year west — about 1° every 13 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against *today's* declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
Runway	True	Magnetic	Number	Length	Surface	Pattern	Notes
17	174.0°	166.7°	matches	3,257 ft	DIRT	left
22	225.4°	218.1°	matches	9,207 ft	ASPH	left	calm-wind RWY 22 CALM WIND RWY WHEN LESS THAN 5 KTS. 200 FT BLAST PADS MKD BY CHEVRONS.
35	354.0°	346.7°	matches	3,257 ft	DIRT	right
4	45.4°	38.1°	matches	9,207 ft	ASPH	right

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KALM ☆ Alamogordo-White Sands Rgnl