# Lea County Regional Airport (HOB / KHOB)

**Lea County Regional Airport** (IATA: HOB, ICAO: KHOB) is a medium airport in Hobbs, New Mexico, United States. It opened in Jun 1942. It has 3 runways; the longest is 8,000 ft (2,438 m). In 2025 it handled 57 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/khob

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HOB / KHOB
- FAA: HOB
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Hobbs, New Mexico, United States
- Opened: Jun 1942
- Elevation: 3,661 ft / 1,116 m
- Coordinates: 32.6875, -103.2170
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 8,000 ft / 2,438 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Passengers: 56,695 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_County_Regional_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6508188
- Weather station: KHOB
- Ident: KHOB

## Timeline

- Jun 1942: Lea County Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 8,000 ft / 2,438 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 045° / 225° | yes |
| 13/31 | 6,002 ft / 1,829 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | yes |
| 17/35 | 4,370 ft / 1,332 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 180° / 360° |  |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00851AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 33,161 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 29,474 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 32,388 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 46,363 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 55,260 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 18,434 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 23,745 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 35,516 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 44,279 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 52,937 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 56,695 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [DAL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdal.md) Dallas Love Field · United States · 370 mi / 596 km · JSX (airline)
- [IAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiah.md) George Bush Intercontinental Airport · United States · 501 mi / 806 km · United Express
- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 502 mi / 808 km · United Express

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from HOB, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 2
- [JSX](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jsx) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 57K (2025) | #2,040 of 3,974 | #470 in North America | #317 in US |
| Longest runway | 8,000 ft / 2,438 m | =2,750 of 29,858 | =583 in North America | =438 in US |
| Elevation | 3,661 ft / 1,116 m | #4,090 of 43,403 | #2,159 in North America | #1,698 in US |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =924 in North America | =885 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 119.750 |
| CNTR | FORT WORTH CNTR | 133.100 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 120.650 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | ALBUQUERQUE RDO | 122.200 |
| TWR | HOBBS TWR | 120.650 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [INK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kink.md) Winkler County Airport · 63 mi / 101 km
- [CNM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcnm.md) Cavern City Air Terminal · 66 mi / 106 km
- [MAF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmaf.md) Midland International Air and Space Port · 78 mi / 126 km
- [ROW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krow.md) Roswell Air Center Airport · 87 mi / 140 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Lea County Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lea_County_Regional_Airport&oldid=1362852051), revision of 6 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/khob/data