Airlines parking planes in New Mexico during pandemic

Record number of airliners parked at former AFB in Roswell

New Mexico’s dry climate makes it the perfect place to store airplanes. There’s also a massive landing strip and 4,000 acres for them to park, at what was once Walker Air Force Base.

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