Cavern City Air Terminal Guide
Cavern City Air Terminal is the public airport for Carlsbad, New Mexico, in Eddy County. It sits about 9 km southwest of the city centre, in the Permian Basin and the gateway to Carlsbad Caverns National Park. The IATA code is CNM and the ICAO code is KCNM.
The field began as Carlsbad Army Airfield, activated by the Army Air Corps on October 12, 1942, where crews trained bombardiers on the Norden bombsight. Continental Airlines started the first commercial service in Carlsbad on May 14, 1940, with flights to El Paso and Denver. The military field closed on September 30, 1945 and later became a civil airport.
Four asphalt runways cover the field, the longest at 7,854 ft. Scheduled flights are subsidized through the Essential Air Service program. Contour Airlines flies one daily round trip to Albuquerque. The airport recorded 5,025 passenger boardings in 2023 and 8,649 aircraft operations in 2019. Much of the traffic is general aviation and energy industry flying.
Services
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Location
Key facts
- Size
- 4 runwaysopened 1940
- Location
- 32.338, -104.263
- Operator
- City of Carlsbad
- Links
- Wikipedia ↗
Terminals
1 terminalCavern City Air Terminal has 1 passenger terminal — Cavern City Air Terminal, handling domestic flights for around 1 airlines. Check which terminal your airline uses before you travel, as check-in, security and boarding points differ between them, and moving from one to another can take time.
- Cavern City Air TerminalDomestic
Contour Airlines
Nearby cities
1 cityCavern City Air Terminal is closest to Carlsbad (9 km northeast). With 1 town or city within reach, it is a practical gateway for the wider region. Distances shown are straight-line from the airport, so allow extra time for road transfers, traffic and parking.
- Carlsbad9 km northeast
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