KHOB · Lea County Regional Airport

HOBBS, NEW MEXICO · MEDIUM AIRPORT · SCHEDULED SERVICE

3,661

Elevation ft

Runways

8,000

Longest ft · 04/22

32.69N

103.22W

Lea County Regional Airport serves Hobbs, New Mexico at 3,661 ft elevation with its longest runway, 04/22, at 8,000 by 150 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
04/22	8,000 × 150 ft	asphalt	lit
13/31	6,002 × 150 ft	asphalt	lit
17/35	4,370 × 100 ft	asphalt	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 3,661 ft is about 8°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 8°C)	3,661 ft	3,152 ft	2,496 ft	3,744 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	4,861 ft	3,386 ft	2,623 ft	3,934 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	6,061 ft	3,620 ft	2,749 ft	4,124 ft
35°C afternoon	6,940 ft	3,792 ft	2,842 ft	4,263 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (04/22, 8,000 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (4,263 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at KHOB is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KE06 Lea County-Zip Franklin Memorial Airport	19 nm NW	6,001 ft
KE57 Denver City Airport	26 nm NE	5,780 ft
KGNC Gaines County Airport	29 nm E	5,381 ft
KF98 Yoakum County Airport	37 nm NE	5,001 ft
E11 Andrews County Airport	41 nm SE	5,816 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KHOB

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KHOB, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at KHOB or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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