Tucumcari Municipal Airport is about six miles east of Tucumcari, New Mexico. The facility covers 1,160 acres and has two asphalt runways. Opened in August 1941, Tucumcari Municipal Airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces and at the time it was known as Fort Sumner Army Auxiliary Airfield #7, being subordinate to Fort Sumner …Tucumcari Municipal Airport is about six miles east of Tucumcari, New Mexico. The facility covers 1,160 acres and has two asphalt runways. Opened in August 1941, Tucumcari Municipal Airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces and at the time it was known as Fort Sumner Army Auxiliary Airfield #7, being subordinate to Fort Sumner Army Air Field. The airfield provided primary glider pilot training.