Direct Flights from Denver to Alamosa
Alamosa · Colorado
Nonstop service from DEN to ALS on Denver Air Connection. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
Denver is the only city in our data with a nonstop to Alamosa — everywhere else connects.
How long to go to Alamosa for, from Denver
50m in the air, 180 miles: short enough that a single night in Alamosa is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
Alamosa is 2,108 ft higher than Denver, at 7,539 ft. Enough that a first-day hike or a hard workout will feel harder than it does at home, and enough that alcohol goes further.
About Alamosa
Alamosa is a small town in south central Colorado, USA. It is noteworthy as the nearest significant town to Great Sand Dunes National Park, a similarly near neighbor of the eastern hub of a superb scenic railroad, and also because during the winter, it frequently records the lowest temperature of the day of any place in the contiguous United States.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Alamosa
- Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is a national park of the United States that conserves an area of large sand dunes on the eastern edge of the San Luis Valley, and an adjacent national preserve in the Sangre d…
- Indian Grove is an archaeological site consisting of a grove of 72 mature Ponderosa Pine trees located within Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve in Saguache County, Colorado, near Mosca, Colorado.
- Colorado Gators Reptile Park was opened to the public in 1990, in Mosca, Colorado, United States.
- Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is a national park of the United States that conserves an area of large sand dunes on the eastern edge of the San Luis Valley, and an adjacent national preserve in the Sangre d…
- The Rio Grande Scenic Railroad of Colorado was a heritage railway that operated from 2006 to 2019 in and around the San Luis Valley as a subsidiary of the San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad.
- San Luis State Park is a former state park located in Alamosa County, Colorado, United States.
- McIntire Ranch, in Conejos County, Colorado near Sanford, Colorado, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. The listing included the remains of ranch buildings on a 14.2 acres (5.7 ha) area.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Alamosa weather, compared with Denver
5° cooler than Denver on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Alamosa 35°F · Denver 45°F · 10° colder
- April
- Alamosa 60°F · Denver 61°F · much the same
- July
- Alamosa 83°F · Denver 90°F · 7° colder
- October
- Alamosa 63°F · Denver 65°F · 2° colder
January bottoms out near 35°F — a real coat, not a layer.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Alamosa
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Alamosa is April–June and August–October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 60–81°F.
- How long to stay
- Three or four days is enough to take in Alamosa's highlights, from Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Indian Grove (Mosca, Colorado), and Colorado Gators Reptile Park and more.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Denver to Alamosa?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Denver (DEN) to Alamosa (ALS) on Denver Air Connection.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Denver to Alamosa?
- Denver Air Connection flies nonstop between Denver (DEN) and Alamosa (ALS).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Denver to Alamosa?
- There are about 2 nonstop departures per day (roughly 14 per week) from Denver to Alamosa.
- How far is Alamosa from Denver?
- Alamosa is about 180 miles from Denver by air.
- What is there to do in Alamosa?
- Popular things to do include Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Indian Grove (Mosca, Colorado), Colorado Gators Reptile Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park, and more.
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