ALAMOSA — At the end of 2023, the San Luis Valley Regional Airport in Alamosa had a total of 10,904 enplanements (passengers) for the year. This is an important number as it enables the airport to receive $1 million in federal funding.

Airport Manager Will Hickman announced the good news at a regular meeting of the San Luis Valley Regional Airport Advisory Board on Jan. 11.

Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the Federal Aviation Administration established Airport Rescue Grants. The plan grants airports that have more than 10,000 annual passenger enplanements funding of $1 million.

In other airport news, a Snow Removal Equipment building is under construction at the airport and is expected to be completed sometime in June, 2024.

Denver Air Connection, the passenger airline that serves the airport with jet flights to Denver will have a new schedule starting on February 1. On Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, flights will depart Alamosa at 8 a.m., and on Wednesday and Sunday flights depart at 3:30 p.m. The airline uses 50-passenger ERJ-145 aircraft and 30-passenger Dornier 328 jets.