Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport

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Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport
IATA: LBB - ICAO: KLBB
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		City of Lubbock
Serves		Lubbock, Texas
Elevation AMSL		3,282 ft (1,000 m)
Coordinates		33°39′49″N, 101°49′22″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
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.

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American Airlines
- American Eagle (Dallas/Fort Worth)
Continental Airlines
- Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
Southwest Airlines (Albuquerque, Austin, Dallas-Love, El Paso, Las Vegas)

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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 minutes 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. Scheduled passenger service utilizes Boeing 737 aircraft (Southwest), Embraer 145 aircraft (American/Continental), and Canadair Regional Jets (American). There is occasional Allegiant Airlines charter service although not widely publicized.

Historically, Braniff International Airways had regularly scheduled service to Amarillo and Dallas. Continental Airlines had service to Dallas, El Paso and Los Angeles. Trans-Texas Airways had service to Amarillo and Abilene. These previously scheduled flights were from the old facility before Preston Smith International operations commenced.