Heightened sanitation
Daily cleaning, installation of cabin HEPA filters on flights from Hobbs
Copa Airlines, United Airlines and Air New Zealand have all waived their change and cancellation fees on flights from Hobbs to the United States. Confirm policies on booking site.
Flights to Houston | 1h 40m |
Copa Airlines flies most frequently to San Francisco from Hobbs.
Entry restrictions
The United States has restricted the entry of all foreign nationals who have passed through or have been in China, Iran, Most European Countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City), the UK, Ireland, Brazil and South Africa in the past 14 days.
With the exception of certain travelers which includes certain family members of US citizens or permanent residents including; spouses, children (under the age of 21), parents (provided that his/her US citizen or permanent resident child is unmarried and under the age of 21), and siblings (provided that both the sibling and the US citizen or permanent resident are unmarried and under the age of 21);
There is also an exception for travelers with the following visas: A-1, A-2, C-1, C-1/D, C-2, C-3, CR-1, CR-2, D, E-1 (as an employee of TECRO or TECO or the employee's immediate family members), G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, IR-1, IR-4, IH-4, NATO-1 through NATO-4, or NATO-6 visa;
Members of the US Armed Forces, spouses, and children of members of the US Armed Forces;
Travelers with invitation of the USA government for a purpose related to the containment/mitigation of the Coronavirus (COVID-19);
Travelers with documents issued by the US Department of Homeland Security, US Customs and Border Protection, or US Department of State indicating that the traveler is exempt from the restriction;
B1 crew crewmembers that are engaged in lightering, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) activity, wind farm activity, private air/sea crew and other similar crewmember activities;
Students with an F-1 or M-1 visa and their F-2 and M-2 dependents, if they arrive from or have been in Ireland, the UK or Schengen Area in the past 14 days.
Entry requirements
All travelers, 2 years of age or older (including US citizens and transit passenger) must present a negative COVID-19 viral or antigen test result issued 72 hours prior to departure or have a proof of recovery from the virus within the last 90 days prior to boarding the plane.
Travelers must complete a disclosure and attestation form before departure.
Exemptions or waiver to the testing requirements may be granted by the CDC on an extremely limited basis when emergency travel (like an emergency medical evacuation) must occur to preserve someone’s life, health against a serious danger, or physical safety and testing cannot be completed before travel.
US citizens and permanent residents arriving from the UK must present a medical certificate with a negative COVID-19 PCR or antigen test result issued within 72 hours prior to departure.
Travelers arriving in New York State must complete the Traveler Health Form.
Travelers arriving in Massachusetts must complete the Massachusetts Health Form.
Quarantine requirements
Travelers are advised to get tested 3-5 days after travel and stay home and self-quarantine for 7 days after travel. Even if they test negative, they must still stay home and self-quarantine for the full 7 days. If the test is positive, isolate to protect others from getting infected.
Travelers who did not get tested, are advised to stay home and self-quarantine for 10 days after travel.
All other info
Travelers are subject to COVID-19 measures set by the state/territory of their final destination. For more information go to CDC website.
Please see our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Travel Restrictions page for more information on restrictions worldwide.
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Scores according to KAYAK customer reviews
Pros: "Blankets were provided"
Cons: "There wasn't any food or entrainment for me to rate."
Pros: "United planes are up to date and clean. Service excellent. All personnel very nice."
Cons: "Too much Delays"
Pros: "Pilot was very nice!! Co-pilot too!!!"
Cons: "No place to charge your phone Location"
Cons: "Everythi"
Pros: "Row 10, extra couple of inches is far more civilized."
Cons: "Didn't have the United app downloaded in time, so couldn't use the WiFi. No alternative."
Cons: "Great"
Pros: "Staff was nice and chairs were comfortable"
Pros: "Actually probably should have given 5 stars"
Pros: "The flights were smooth and on time, even Early into mbj"
Cons: "Limited space"
Pros: "Nothing"
Cons: "Everything"
Pros: "Nothing."
Cons: "My seat was randomly switched from my first selection and I got a horrible seat and was unable to regain my original seat selection. Very uncomfortable seating. The staff was nice, but not overly friendly."
Cons: "Had purchased a round-trip ticket. While in D.C. on a family trip to bury my mother in Arlington National Cemetery, my brother had a massive heart attack. After 3 weeks, he was stable enough to come back to Houston on an air ambulance. As I travelled with him on the air ambulance, I was unable to use the return portion of my round-trip ticket. I provided documentation of the situation and requested a refund. I received $106 on a $715 ticket. There was no explanation of how they determined the refund, but I'm not happy."
Pros: "Using Kayak was so convenient. They were great in keeping me informed of schedule & gate changes."
Pros: "Pilot did exceptional job with rough weather heading into Houston."
Cons: "With everyone carrying on baggage, someone mid plane to help would be beneficial."
Pros: "The worse trip. the last 8 people in check in was off on the air plane ."
Pros: "Every second of the trip"
Cons: "Nothing"
Cons: "The mixed snacks were horrible."
Cons: "The snacks where gross."
Pros: "Accommodating, T.v's, timely."
Pros: "How they take care us in the plane I love!!"
Cons: "Everything was good"
Pros: "Front seat, got off the plane quickly"
Cons: "Too cold!"
Cons: "long boarding time"
Cons: "It was delayed so much I almost missed my connection."
Pros: "Nothing"
Cons: "The staff"
Pros: "Easy boarding process"
Cons: "Not enough legroom"
Pros: "Easy,smooth ride, thank you"
Pros: "Service and price"
Pros: "The staff was so nice and helpful with everything I needed!"
Cons: "As a first time flyer, I had nothing to complain about."
Pros: "It was okay."
Cons: "The attention but they need to clean more. Bathroom were really nasty."
Pros: "On time"
Cons: "All good No complaind"
Pros: "The staff on board was excellent!"
Cons: "The service was good, but I found a hard object in my chicken dinner like someone lost a molar. I couldn't finish the supper."
Cons: "long delay"
Pros: "Everything not TSA related."
Cons: "The racist OKC TSA. The line was moving along and the TSA agent sitting behind the podium checking boarding passes put his hand up and asked me to wait there. There weren't that many people in the lines, so I was wondering why. His partner at the other podium watched him quizzically, as did I, as he paced left and right, looking at nothing then sat back down again and stared at nothing. All the while the line for screening grew smaller and smaller. The other agent asked him, "what are you doing?" He responded by saying, "You said you were getting THEM all." I didn't understand, but clearly there was some subtext that I was not privy to. She shook her head and said, come up here sweetie. Then she managed to do what he obviously couldn't do: his job. Then my girlfriend and I proceeded to be profiled and had our bags searched. If I didn't have to be in OKC I would avoid that airport like the plague. Unprofessional."
Cons: "None"
Pros: "It was seamless. Everyone excellent and flights on time."
Cons: "Still would like a snack choice."
Pros: "First part was fine"
Cons: "When about to get on plane, carry on taken to checked bags; 5 people already on plane were required to come back off and check bags. I begged not to have to check because I was flying to Nicaragua and was worried my only bag would get lost. I was right -- it did not arrive in Nicaragua until the next day. We sat on runway for 45 minutes before departure so United could fix BOTH sets of the plane's wings lights. Why did they not discover that at any time BEFORE we all boarded or while we were boarding -- NOT first when deciding to pull away from gate. Delay caused many to miss connections."
Pros: "Staff was awesome!!!!"
Pros: "There were no delays."
Pros: "Was a very good service; thanks to all"
Pros: "The staff was so friendly"
Cons: "There was nothing to not like"
Pros: "I really had been a good experience with you I don't really had that much to complaint, the only personal I will re-trained to be more polite and understanding will be the people's or employees who make us as loyal costumer to have a hard time for a few onces. They need to be a little more understanding not just to judge everybody equally for who we are traveling to"
Cons: "Being treated like I was during somethings wrong just because a had a few onces on my luggage and I was traveling to a third word country"
Pros: "Everything was great on time and friendly"
Pros: "Right on time"
Pros: "Everything worked out just perfect"
Cons: "No snacks served"
Airlines flying from Hobbs have enacted additional safety measures and adjusted policies to better accommodate travelers. Policies vary by airline.
Heightened sanitation
Daily cleaning, installation of cabin HEPA filters on flights from Hobbs
Mandatory masks
Masks required on board, masks provided on flights from Hobbs
Social distancing seating
Middle seats unavailable to book on flights from Hobbs
Pre-flight testing
Testing for antibodies, testing for symptoms for flights from Hobbs
Flexible cancellations
Waiving of change fees. Search flexible flights from Hobbs