LBB

Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport

ICAO KLBB33.6636°N 101.8230°W3,282 ft / 1,001 mMedium airport
On the map
Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport TX 2006 USGS
United States Geological Survey (USGS) · Public domain · Commons

Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport (IATA: LBB, ICAO: KLBB) is a medium airport in Lubbock, Texas, United States. It opened in Nov 1937. It has 3 runways; the longest is 11,500 ft (3,505 m). It is operated by Lubbock. In 2025 it handled 1.2 million passengers.

Timeline

3 events · 1937–1947
NOV 1937
OpenedLubbock Preston Smith International Airport opens.
1942
MilestoneUnited States Army Air Forces becomes the operator.
1947
MilestoneLubbock becomes the operator.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Chapparal Aviation
17R/35L180° / 360° · LIT
LENGTH11,500 ft3,505 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
08/26089° / 269° · LIT
LENGTH8,003 ft2,439 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
17L/35R180° / 360°
LENGTH2,891 ft881 mWIDTH74 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025
914K
912K
932K
995K
1.1M
522K
818K
993K
1.1M
1.1M
1.2M
1516171819202122232425

Routes

13 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsSouthwest Airlines 5FedEx Express 4American Eagle 2United Express 2American Airlines 1Ameriflight 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LBB. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport” (revision of 15 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.2M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#768of 3,974 · #187 North America · #131 USLongest runway11,500 ft3,505 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=471of 29,823 · =115 North America · =100 USElevation3,282 ft1,001 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#4,802of 43,341 · #2,469 North America · #1,920 USAgeOpened 19372026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=703of 15,079 · =141 North America · =123 USRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =81 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels
APPAPP119.200
ATISATIS125.300
CLDCLNC DEL125.800
DEPDEP119.200
GNDGND121.900
RDOFORT WORTH RDO122.550
TWRTWR120.500
UNICUNICOM122.950