Cannon Air Force Base
CVS · KCVS · Clovis, New Mexico · Curry County · map
Cannon Air Force Base is a private airport, 5 miles west of Clovis, New Mexico, 4,295 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 10,003 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (Jet A, Jet A with additives).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CVS · ICAO KCVS
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
- Elevation
- 4,295 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with radar approach control · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- Jet A, Jet A with additives; the services card below
- On the chart
- Albuquerque sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1938
Runways 2

For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 10,003 × 150 ft | Concrete | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 8,196 × 150 ft | Partially concrete | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
- Runway 22: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
- Runway 13: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left, short approach lights with alignment lights (SSALR)
- Runway 31: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left, short approach lights with alignment lights (SSALR)
Radio frequencies
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 119.1 | Cannon |
| Clearance delivery | 119.0 | |
| Clearance delivery | 120.2 | Cannon |
| Ground | 121.9 | Cannon |
| Tower | 120.4 | Cannon |
| Approach and departure | 118.425 | Cannon |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Cannon |
| Sfa | 139.3 | Cannon |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- Jet A, Jet A with additives
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Clovis Regional (12 nm east), Portales Municipal (15 nm south), Muleshoe Municipal (36 nm east), Tucumcari Municipal (50 nm north).
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Clovis Regional (12 nm east), Portales Municipal (15 nm south), Tucumcari Municipal (50 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
- Abandoned unsvc until further notice.
- VFR jet rectangular 5800 feet, tran jet overhead 5800 feet.
- Shoulder pavement distressed alg both sides entr length.
- 20 feet irrigation eqpt located 2000 feet from both runway ends. Psbl hydroplaning mid asphalt portion. Paved shoulders NA; 1-5 in vert edge alg both sides entire length.
- 1400 feet non-standard length.
- 1482 feet non-standard length.
- 15 feet veh on road 1200 feet from runway end. 1ST 1200 feet surface rough concrete.
- 1ST 1200 feet both ends concrete; mid 5800 feet asphalt concrete.
- Ctn: bird haz; sewage lagoon and lake 1/2 NM southeast of runway 22.
- Departure restricted to 5300 feet until der.
- Service: gated threshold light on runway 04/22.
- Ctn: Clovis regional 13 NM northeast; portales municipal 14 NM ssw.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Clovis from the FAA register
80 aircraft are registered to owners in Clovis, New Mexico: 42 piston singles, 14 turboprops, 14 business jets, 5 helicopters, 4 piston twins. 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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Cannon Air Force Base - Aero Club 2 aircraft · Clovis, 14 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Clovis:
- Corvus, LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate Corvus is a family-owned helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft operator based in Clovis, New Mexico, providing specialized aerial services including firefighting, wildlife management, aerial application, charters, and government support across
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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Clovis 80 aircraft · 42 piston singles, 14 turboprops, 14 business jets
- Aeronautical Technologies INC 10 aircraft in town
- United States Air Force Owner 3 aircraft in town
- Ct Air LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Jett Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Corvus, LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Cannon Air Force Base - Aero Club 2 aircraft · flying club
- Accidents and incidents in New Mexico 1,422 since 1982 · 183 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 6 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/CVS.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.
