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New Mexico Airlines

American airline

New Mexico Airlines was an American commuter airline brand founded by Pacific Air Holdings to operate flights in New Mexico after the airline was awarded an Essential Air Service contract to serve Hobbs and Carlsbad, New Mexico. The airline started flights on July 1, 2007, and uses the airline identifiers and call signs of its parent company Pacific Wings. Despite having "New Mexico" in the name, the brand was actually headquartered in Mesa, Arizona, in metropolitan Phoenix.2 It ceased to exist in 2015.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2007Founded1

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Los Alamos Cessna 208 2
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

New Mexico Airlines was an American commuter airline brand founded by Pacific Air Holdings to operate flights in New Mexico after the airline was awarded an Essential Air Service contract to serve Hobbs and Carlsbad, New Mexico. The airline started flights on July 1, 2007, and uses the airline identifiers and call signs of its parent company Pacific Wings. Despite having "New Mexico" in the name, the brand was actually headquartered in Mesa, Arizona, in metropolitan Phoenix. The carrier had all of its aircraft grounded by the FAA in December 2014 due to unspecified maintenance issues. It was able to get some aircraft back in the air in early 2015 but completely shut down by May 2015.2

Corporate structure

New Mexico Airlines is part of a group headed by Pacific Wings. 3 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

Previous destinations

Alamogordo, New Mexico (Alamogordo-White Sands Regional Airport)

Midland, Texas / Odessa, Texas

Los Alamos, New Mexico (Los Alamos County Airport)(Contract Terminated as of January 23, 2015)

Ruidoso, New Mexico (Sierra Blanca Regional Airport)

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Santa Fe, New Mexico (Santa Fe Municipal Airport)

El Paso, Texas (El Paso International Airport)

Hobbs, New Mexico (Lea County Regional Airport)

Albuquerque, New Mexico (Albuquerque International Sunport)

Carlsbad, New Mexico (Cavern City Air Terminal)

Fleet

As of December 2014, the New Mexico Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft:

From Wikipedia’s article on New Mexico Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2015Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 2007Founded Founded1

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