AirportsLea County Regional Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Hobbs, in New Mexico, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is HOB.
Key facts
- IATA code
- HOB
- ICAO code
- KHOB
- City
- Hobbs
- State or region
- New Mexico
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 32.6875° N, 103.2170° W
- Elevation
- 1,116 m (3,661 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 2,438 m (8,000 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, HOB means Lea County Regional Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KHOB. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 32.6875° N, 103.2170° W. It stands 1,116 metres (3,661 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Odessa, about 123 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Denver, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Lea County Regional Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 2,438 metres (8,000 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 257.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 2,438 m 8,000 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 13/31 | 1,829 m 6,002 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 17/35 | 1,332 m 4,370 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cavern City Air TerminalCarlsbad | CNM | 106 km |
| Midland International Air and Space PortMidland | MAF | 126 km |
| Roswell Air Center AirportRoswell | ROW | 140 km |
| Lubbock Preston Smith International AirportLubbock | LBB | 169 km |
| Clovis Municipal AirportClovis | CVN | 194 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,205 km | 16 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 14,243 km | 17 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,185 km | 16 h 25 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,021 km | 10 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 2,755 km | 3 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 1,417 km | 2 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,273 km | 18 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,987 km | 12 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,266 km | 16 h 30 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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