Artesia Municipal Airport – ATS Artesia
Artesia Municipal Airport is a city-owned public airport located 3.8 miles from the central business district of the town of Artesia, New Mexico in the U.S. Artesia is situated in Eddy County and is categorized as a general aviation facility by the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. This airport was assigned with an airport code of ATS.
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During its early years, the U.S. Army Air Forces used ATS Airport as a training airfield between 1934 and 1944. The operations, however, stopped in 1944 and the airport was transformed back into a civil airport. ATS started servicing scheduled flights in 1963 with Bison Airlines, 1975 with Roswell Airlines.
Artesia Municipal Airport has a land area of 1,440 acres with two runways. ATS mainly serves the town of Artesia including its surrounding cities Carlsbad and Whites City.
What to Do & Area Attractions
Some passengers tend to look for alternative routes when traveling into Artesia. The nearest airport to ATS is Roswell International Air Center Airport with an airport code of ROW. This airport is located 7 miles from the town of Roswell in Chaves County located in New Mexico.
There are several hotels and accommodations located near the airport. One of the top-rated hotels is the Hampton Inn & Suites Artesia which is only 1,7 miles from the airport. Best Western Pecon Inn is also another highly reviewed hotel and has a distance of 2 miles from ATS Airport. This is located close to multiple of attractions such as the Carlsbad Caverns.