Cavern City Air Trml Airport
CNM · KCNM · Carlsbad, New Mexico · Eddy County · map
Cavern City Air Trml Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Carlsbad, 5 miles southwest of Carlsbad, New Mexico, 3,295 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 03/21, is 7,854 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KCNM · observed 1:53 pm MDT (19:53 UTC), 44 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (180°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 30.10 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 11:20 am MDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm MDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCNM 061953Z AUTO 18007KT 10SM CLR 28/12 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP143 T02780122
TAF KCNM 061720Z 0618/0718 20005KT P6SM SKC FM070000 14006KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CNM · ICAO KCNM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Carlsbad
- Elevation
- 3,295 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 6:00 am to 8:00 pm; weekends, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Albuquerque sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1941
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 7,854 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 14R/32L | 5,837 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 5,334 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 14L/32R | 4,616 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 03: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 7,504 ft available for landing, road 24 ft high 1,080 ft from the end
- Runway 21: VASI, four boxes on the left, road 14 ft high 388 ft from the end
- Runway 14R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, road 7 ft high 300 ft from the end
- Runway 32L: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 385 ft, 5,452 ft available for landing, road 15 ft high 672 ft from the end
- Runway 08: road 15 ft high 310 ft from the end
- Runway 26: fence 4 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 32R: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 615 ft, 3,999 ft available for landing, road 15 ft high 230 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Cnm and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.375 | |
| Carlsbad and center (remote transmitter) Low | 135.875 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 575-887-6858.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Carlsbad from the FAA register
35 aircraft are registered to owners in Carlsbad, New Mexico: 16 piston singles, 7 helicopters, 3 turboprops, 3 piston twins, 3 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in New Mexico.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Air carrier operations more than 30 passenger seats 24 hour prior permission required - amgr.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 03; medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21, 08/26 and 14R/32L - the common traffic frequency. Approach lights (MALSR) runway 03 and medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21, 08/26, 14R/32L preset low intst; incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Surface condition unmtd MON-FRI 10:00 pm to 12:00 pm utc (3:00 pm to 5:00 am local) and SAT-SUN 8:30 pm to 12:00 pm utc (1:30 pm to 5:00 am local).
- Runway 14L/32R not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Approach slope 50:1 from dthr.
- Approach slope 38:1 from dthr.
- Oil derricks in the vicinity of airport.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.