Virginia Cunningham/News-Sun Late Sunday night a Carlsbad man allegedly stole a pickup truck, crashed that truck through the security gates at Lea County Regional Airport and tried to steal an airplane — but only managed to break into a hanger and take off on a baggage tractor. On Sunday, Hobbs police and Lea County Sheriff deputies were led on a …

Curtis Wynne/News-Sun LOVINGTON — At a total cost of about $7.4 million, a runway at the Lea County Regional Airport near Hobbs will be extended by 600 feet for safety and operations. In a recent presentation to the Lea County Commission, Assistant County Manager Corey Needham noted most of that cost — more than $7.1 million — is coming in …

For the News-Sun Reliability and on-time performance of commercial air service at the Lea County Regional Airport in Hobbs is setting the bar for regional airports. During the last 12 months, HOB has outperformed all other airports across the region in terms of reliability and on-time performance. Since February 2022, HOB hasn’t experienced a single flight cancellation. HOB has an …

At first they didn’t succeed, so they tried again. The second time was the charm for Lea County staff in finding federal funding to help subsidize FlyHobbs’ upcoming service to Denver. Through a contact with Sen. Martin Heinrich’s office, Lea County officials were told Thursday it was awarded $800,000 in federal grant funding through the CARES Act that will be …