Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport
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Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport | |||
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IATA: LBB - ICAO: KLBB | |||
Summary | |||
Airport type | Public | ||
Operator | City of Lubbock | ||
Serves | Lubbock, Texas | ||
Elevation AMSL | 3,282 ft (1,000 m) | ||
Coordinates | |||
Runways | |||
Direction | Length | Surface | |
ft | m | ||
8/26 | 8,001 | 2,439 | Concrete |
17R/35L | 11,500 | 3,502 | Concrete |
17L/35R | 2,891 | 881 | Asphalt |
Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport (IATA: LBB, ICAO: KLBB) is an airport located just north of Lubbock, Texas. Originally known as Lubbock International Airport, it was renamed in 2004 to honor former Texas governor Preston E. Smith. The airport has 3 runways.
[edit] Airlines
- American Airlines operating Embraer 145 regional jets as well as Canadair Regional Jets.
- American Eagle (Dallas/Fort Worth)
- Continental Airlines operating Embraer 135-145 regional jets exclusively.
- Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
- Southwest Airlines operating Boeing 737-300,500,700 series jet aircraft. (Albuquerque, Austin, Dallas-Love, El Paso, Las Vegas)
[edit] Information about airport
Free Wi-Fi access is provided by the city of Lubbock throughout the airport. There are concession located on the property including a Starbucks coffee unit. The airport is near completion on its major re-construction and re-configuration of its parking facilities. Wait times at this airport are extremely minimal usually taking about 10 mins from entering the airport, to ticket-counters, to gate. Lubbock Preston Smith international Airport is one of only 42 airports around the world with CNN Airport Network.
[edit] External links
- Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport homepage
- Aerial View of airport
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KLBB
- ASN Accident history for KLBB
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS current and historical weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KLBB
- FAA current LBB delay information