New Mexico cell towers at a glance
The FCC records list 1,157 cell towers and other antenna sites in New Mexico: every registered antenna structure that is built and still standing, plus the licensed cellular transmitter sites too short to need registration. That ranks New Mexico 35th of the 51 states and DC by number of registered sites. The most common structure is the tower, with 397 sites (34%). Albuquerque has the most listed sites of any city, at 94.
To see the ones near you, tap Find towers near me above or type a New Mexico ZIP code. The list ranks sites by distance and shows the direction to each, its height and its owner.
Carriers on the record in New Mexico
AT&T is named on the most New Mexico sites, 98 of them (8.5%). A carrier is named only when it owns the structure or its cellular licence lists the site, so these counts are a floor, not a total. Most towers in New Mexico are owned by tower companies that rent space to several carriers without naming them.
| Carrier | Sites naming it | Share of New Mexico sites |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon | 87 | 7.5% |
| AT&T | 98 | 8.5% |
| T-Mobile | 35 | 3.0% |
Who owns the towers in New Mexico
The largest single owner name in New Mexico is American Towers LLC, with 270 sites (23%). Tower companies file under several subsidiary names, so one company can appear more than once below. Our guide to who owns cell towers explains which names belong together.
| Owner as filed | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| American Towers LLC | 270 | 23% |
| CCATT LLC | 41 | 3.5% |
| Cellco Partnership | 32 | 2.8% |
| T-Mobile West Tower LLC | 29 | 2.5% |
| BNSF Railway Co. | 25 | 2.2% |
| SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC | 20 | 1.7% |
| SBA Towers II LLC | 18 | 1.6% |
| Alltel Corporation | 17 | 1.5% |
Types of structure
| Structure | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tower | 397 | 34% |
| Lattice tower | 244 | 21% |
| Guyed tower | 206 | 18% |
| Monopole | 154 | 13% |
| Pole | 89 | 7.7% |
| Mast | 25 | 2.2% |
See types of cell towers for how to recognise each one.
Cities with the most listed sites
By the city named on each FCC filing. Filings use the nearest town, so rural towers count toward it. Each link opens the tower finder at the middle of that city's sites.
| City | Sites | |
|---|---|---|
| Albuquerque | 94 | Towers around Albuquerque |
| Farmington | 53 | Towers around Farmington |
| Roswell | 51 | Towers around Roswell |
| Hobbs | 35 | Towers around Hobbs |
| Carlsbad | 34 | Towers around Carlsbad |
| Gallup | 32 | Towers around Gallup |
| Alamogordo | 25 | Towers around Alamogordo |
| Las Cruces | 25 | Towers around Las Cruces |
| Clovis | 23 | Towers around Clovis |
| Artesia | 23 | Towers around Artesia |
Tallest registered structures in New Mexico
The tallest is a guyed tower near Roswell at 1,837 feet (560 m) overall, owned by Nexstar Media Inc.. Structures this tall are usually broadcast masts or buildings rather than cell sites, but many carry cell antennas partway up.
| Height | Type | City | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,837 ft | Guyed tower | Roswell | Nexstar Media Inc. | 1008544 |
| 1,611 ft | Tower | Caprock | KOB-TV, LLC | 1004617 |
| 1,214 ft | Tower | Alcalde | Hutton Broadcasting LLC | 1056007 |
| 1,089 ft | Tower | Caprock | EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY DBA = KENW TV | 1003240 |
| 1,053 ft | Tower | Artesia | Pecos Valley Broadcasting Company | 1052108 |
What is not counted
FCC registration is required only for structures over 200 feet or near airports, so shorter monopoles, rooftop antennas and small cells in New Mexico are mostly missing unless a cellular licence lists them. Why a tower is missing from the map explains the gap. The data is rebuilt monthly from the FCC's bulk files.