Another New Mexico Airport Regains Service

After nearly eight years, SkyWest and United will bring air service back to a small New Mexico city.

Joey Gerardi

Monday, January 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM ET

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A United Express CRJ-200 arriving into Chicago O’Hare. [Credit: AirlineGeeks/ Joey Gerardi]

Key Takeaways:

Farmington, New Mexico, is set to regain commercial air service with SkyWest Airlines (United Express) starting May 8, 2025, offering daily flights to Denver after an eight-year hiatus.
The service is enabled by an $850,000 federal grant and a unique "risk-sharing agreement" with SkyWest, where the city guarantees $6.9 million over two years to ensure service, rather than providing a direct subsidy if flights are profitable.
Farmington is the fifth city in New Mexico to restore air service, highlighting a broader trend of rural air network revitalization in the state, supported by state and federal grant programs.

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Farmington, New Mexico, a city in the state’s northwestern corner, will be regaining air service after nearly eight years. The last time the airport had regular flights was back in 2017 with Great Lakes Airlines, which ended service just five months before the airline collapsed entirely.

The city will be receiving $850,000 from the Department of Transportation’s Small Community Air Service Development Program (SCASDP), and it also applied for New Mexico’s Rural Air Service Enhancement grant, which provides $2.75 million to several rural airports across the state.