By plane
Alamogordo-White Sands Regional Airport IATA: ALM ICAO: KALM, is located just outside of Alamogordo. New Mexico Airlines provides service from Alamogordo to Albuquerque and Ruidoso on a Cessna 208 Grand Caravan. The closest major airport is El Paso International Airport 90 miles to the south.
By train
Depsite the railroad going through Alamogordo, no commuter service is available and Union Pacific ceased stopping there at the beginning of 2006.
By car
U.S. Route 54, 70 and 82 all go through Alamogordo. U.S. 54 meet El Paso about 90 miles to the south. U.S. 70 & 84 meet Las Cruces and I-25 about 70 miles to the southwest. U.S. 54 North goes through La Luz, Tularosa and Carrizozo where it meets U.S. 380. U.S. 380 west will meet up with San Antonio, NM and I-25. U.S. 70 will head northeast to Ruidoso. Finally, 82 east will meet Artesia and U.S. 285 after 110 miles. From there it is 40 miles north to Roswell and 35 miles south to Carlsbad, two popular tourist towns.