Cell towers in Carlsbad, New Mexico
The FCC register lists 33 antenna structures in and around Carlsbad. That is the 5th highest count of any place in New Mexico.
Overview
The FCC register lists 33 antenna structures in and around Carlsbad, NM. That is the 5th highest count of any place in New Mexico.
The register works out to 1.04 structures per square mile here.
Heights are uneven: the median is 67 m (220 ft) but the tallest is 218 m (715 ft), roughly 3.2 times that — usually the signature of a broadcast mast among shorter mobile sites.
Lattice towers (9) and guyed masts (8) between them make up much of the register here — both are older, taller designs than the monopoles that dominate newer urban sites.
Registrations here span 1950 to 2025.
Structure types
| Tower | 10 | 30% |
| Lattice tower | 9 | 27% |
| Guyed tower | 8 | 24% |
| Monopole | 5 | 15% |
| Not specified | 1 | 3% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 8 | 24% |
| Sba Towers II LLC Tower company | 3 | 9% |
| Eddy County Oem Other | 2 | 6% |
| Xcel Energy Services INC. Utility | 2 | 6% |
| Compass Enterprises INC Dba = Kccc Radio Broadcaster | 1 | 3% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 33| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 218 m (715 ft) | Not specified | 1988 | Dcp Midstream LP | 612394 |
| 156 m (513 ft) | Guyed tower | 1983 | Tv6 Holdings LLC | 98175 |
| 152 m (500 ft) | Guyed tower | 2014 | American Towers LLC | 2628877 |
| 148 m (486 ft) | Tower | 2008 | Eddy County Oem | 2658560 |
| 148 m (486 ft) | Tower | 2008 | Eddy County Oem | 2658640 |
| 138 m (451 ft) | Guyed tower | 1990 | American Towers LLC | 108771 |
| 133 m (436 ft) | Guyed tower | 2003 | American Towers LLC | 2636016 |
| 121 m (396 ft) | Tower | 1994 | Navajo Pipeline CO | 123666 |
| 105 m (345 ft) | Tower | 2007 | American Towers LLC | 2656599 |
| 97 m (319 ft) | Guyed tower | 1962 | Transwestern Pipeline Company LLC | 601558 |
| 94 m (307 ft) | Tower | 1966 | Compass Enterprises INC Dba = Kccc Radio | 109530 |
| 91 m (300 ft) | Lattice tower | 2020 | Chevron USA INC. | 2709432 |
| 89 m (291 ft) | Guyed tower | 2010 | Ccatt LLC | 2655159 |
| 88 m (289 ft) | Tower | 1950 | Not listed | 109529 |
| 88 m (288 ft) | Tower | 1950 | Kamq INC Dba = Kamq | 612392 |
| 79 m (260 ft) | Guyed tower | 1982 | Xcel Energy Services INC. | 111783 |
| 67 m (220 ft) | Guyed tower | 2004 | Xcel Energy Services INC. | 620516 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Monopole | 2016 | Tower Assets Newco Ix, LLC | 2699313 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Lattice tower | 2007 | American Towers LLC | 2656450 |
| 56 m (183 ft) | Lattice tower | 1995 | American Towers LLC | 113146 |
| 53 m (175 ft) | Lattice tower | 2017 | Skyway Towers, LLC | 2725772 |
| 48 m (156 ft) | Lattice tower | 1999 | American Towers LLC | 2673993 |
| 46 m (150 ft) | Lattice tower | 2014 | City of Carlsbad | 2693457 |
| 40 m (132 ft) | Tower | 2006 | Sba Towers II LLC | 2657033 |
| 38 m (125 ft) | Monopole | 2025 | Sun State Towers, LLC. | 2729259 |
When they were registered
| 1950s | 2 | 6% |
| 1960s | 2 | 6% |
| 1980s | 3 | 9% |
| 1990s | 5 | 15% |
| 2000s | 10 | 30% |
| 2010s | 7 | 21% |
| 2020s | 4 | 12% |
Nearby places
- Loving 9
- Malaga 8
- Loco Hills 15
- Artesia 23
- Hagerman 5
About this data
Source is the FCC Antenna Structure Registration file of 2026-08-23. What it records is structures, not the radios mounted on them: the register cannot tell you which carrier operates from a given site.
The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database covers structures that require registration — generally those over 200 feet or near airports. Many small cells, rooftop antennas and short towers are not registered and will not appear here.
"Owner" is the entity that registered the structure, usually a tower company such as American Tower or Crown Castle. It does not indicate which carriers operate equipment on the structure.