The data below lists annual total aircraft operations from 2009 to 2013 from the FAA's air traffic activity system.

[4] In 1940, the city of Hobbs passed a bond issue to purchase some adjoining acreage, with the intent of bringing airline service and airmail delivery.

Federal grants helped pay for paved runways and taxiways and a terminal building for Hobbs Municipal Airport, which opened during World War II.

The first air mail arrived in Hobbs via Continental Airlines in May 1940,[7] and started passenger flights that year to Albuquerque, El Paso, San Antonio, and Tulsa, each making several stops en route.

Mesa Airlines came to Hobbs in early 1984 with Beechcraft 99s to Albuquerque and Lubbock while Air Midwest left the city late that year.

New Mexico Airlines left Hobbs in early 2011 and new nonstop service to Houston Bush Airport by Continental Express began on July 1, 2011, using 50-seat Embraer 145 regional jets.

[8] The contract carrier operating as United Express switched from ExpressJet to SkyWest Airlines and began flights to Denver on October 27, 2019.