CNM

Cavern City Air Terminal

ICAO KCNM32.3375°N 104.2630°W3,295 ft / 1,004 mMedium airport
On the map
Cavern City Air Terminal - New Mexico
United States Geological Survey (USGS) · Public domain · Commons

Cavern City Air Terminal (IATA: CNM, ICAO: KCNM) is a medium airport in Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States. It opened in Apr 1941. It has 4 runways; the longest is 7,854 ft (2,394 m). In 2025 it handled 8 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1941–1941
APR 1941
OpenedCavern City Air Terminal opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
03/21044° / 224° · LIT
LENGTH7,854 ft2,394 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
14R/32L154° / 334° · LIT
LENGTH5,837 ft1,779 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt
08/26090° / 270° · LIT
LENGTH5,334 ft1,626 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt
14L/32R156° / 336°
LENGTH4,616 ft1,407 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2016–2025
6K
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Routes

2 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CNM. From the Wikipedia article “Cavern City Air Terminal” (revision of 15 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers8K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,754of 3,974 · #681 North America · #483 USLongest runway7,854 ft2,394 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#2,931of 29,823 · #621 North America · #463 USElevation3,295 ft1,004 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=4,773of 43,341 · =2,457 North America · =1,911 USAgeOpened 19412026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,548of 15,079 · =737 North America · =705 USRunways41 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=41of 29,943 · =20 North America · =19 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
ASOSASOS118.375
CNTRALBUQUERQUE CNTR135.875
RDOALBUQUERQUE RDO122.650
UNICCTAF/UNICOM122.950