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) and about 29 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 8,649 takeoffs and landings a year. About 3,847 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Cavern City Air Trml Airport?
Its FAA code is CNM, and its ICAO code is KCNM.
Where is Cavern City Air Trml Airport?
It is 5 miles southwest of Carlsbad, New Mexico, 3,295 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Cavern City Air Trml Airport?
The longest of its 4 runways, 03/21, is 7,854 feet long.
Does Cavern City Air Trml Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Cavern City Air Trml Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Cavern City Air Trml Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Albuquerque International Sunport, Phoenix Sky Harbor International, Denver International, Colorado Plains Regional, Cavern City Air Trml. Every route
Are there flight schools at Cavern City Air Trml Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Cavern City Flight School LLC. Compare them
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Cavern City Air Trml Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Artesia Municipal (33 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in New Mexico · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 818 departures from CNM in those twelve months, carrying 5,528 passengers in 13,019 seats (42% filled), to 8 destinations on 2 airlines.
All 8 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 21 |
| multi-engine | 5 |
| jets | 1 |
| helicopters | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 8,649, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 5,224 |
| general aviation, local | 3,175 |
| military | 250 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in New Mexico.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Carlsbad, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Cavern City Flight School LLC 1 aircraft · Carlsbad Chandler Aviation, LLC is an FBO at Cavern City Air Terminal in Carlsbad, New Mexico.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Carlsbad 35 aircraft · 16 piston singles, 7 helicopters, 3 turboprops
- Triple Tango LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Jb Flight Services LLC 2 aircraft in town
- D&Tc LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Twin Wells Fuel LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Cavern City Flight School LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ) 497 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC, CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) 203 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC, CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Denver International (DEN) 109 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Colorado Plains Regional (AKO) 2 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Cavern City Air Trml (CNM) 2 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- Ruidoso (RUI) 2 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Show Low Regional (SOW) 2 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Imperial County (IPL) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 7 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in New Mexico 1,422 since 1982 · 183 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 2 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in New Mexico 65 landing places
- New Mexico 3,105 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CNM.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.