Cell towers in New Mexico

New Mexico has 1,180 constructed antenna structures in the FCC registry — 1% of the national total and number 35 of 51. The most common kind is the tower (33%), the median overall height is 195 feet, and 43% stand taller than 200 feet. The largest owner is American Tower, with 294 structures (25%).

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1Constructed structures 1,180
2Median height 195 ft
3Largest owner American Tower
4Counties with a county page 30

Constructed FCC-registered structures in New Mexico's ten counties with the most, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Who owns New Mexico's towers

The FCC registry names the owner of each structure. In New Mexico the eight largest owner groups hold 586 of the 1,180 structures. Where a tower stands on leased land, that owner — or whoever bought the tower from it — is usually the landowner's tenant and the party a lease buyout offer is ultimately about.

Constructed structures in New Mexico by owner group, bars to scale. Families group registrant names carrying the brand; private owners' names are withheld. Source: FCC ASR.

Types and age

More of New Mexico's registered structures went up in the 2000s than in any other decade (27%). A tower's age matters to a landowner because a ground lease runs for a set term plus renewals: the older the tower, the more of that term has been used, and the fewer years of rent are left to value when an offer arrives.

Constructed structures in New Mexico by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR structure types.

Structures in New Mexico by decade built (1950s on), columns to scale. Source: FCC ASR construction dates.

Every county

Counties with fewer than 10 structures have no page of their own; their towers are in the lookup.

Source: FCC Antenna Structure Registration, weekly public access file (r_tower.zip, created 2026-10-18); county names from the U.S. Census Bureau 2024 gazetteer. Checked 2026-10-23. Methodology.