Lea County Regional
HOB · KHOB · Hobbs, New Mexico · Lea County · map
Lea County Regional is a public-use airport owned by Lea County, 4 miles west of Hobbs, New Mexico, 3,661 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 8,000 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KHOB · observed 2:50 pm MDT (20:50 UTC), 30 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (230°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 6,500 feet
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 30.08 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 at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 4,000 feet, scattered clouds at 7,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm MDT (02:00 UTC): wind from the south-southeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KHOB 062050Z 23008KT 10SM FEW065 27/10 A3008
TAF KHOB 061720Z 0618/0718 18006KT P6SM SCT040 SCT070 FM070200 16005KT 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 HOB · ICAO KHOB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Lea County
- Elevation
- 3,661 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Albuquerque sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1942
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 8,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 6,002 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 4,370 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 04: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 602 ft, 7,398 ft available for landing
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the right
- Runway 17: threshold displaced 492 ft, 3,878 ft available for landing
- Runway 35: 3,878 ft available for landing
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.65 | Hobbs |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 119.75 | Hobbs |
| Ground | 121.9 | Hobbs |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Hobbs |
| Hobbs and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.1 | Hobbs |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 575-393-8418.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Hobbs from the FAA register
46 aircraft are registered to owners in Hobbs, New Mexico: 27 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 5 gliders, 4 business jets, 3 turboprops. 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 · 9 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
- When the control tower closed runway end identifier lights runway 22; high-intensity runway lights runway 04/22; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 preset low intst; to incr intst and activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 04; PAPI runway 22, 13, and 31; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Ficons unmon when unatndd.
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.