Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport

ICAO KLBB33.6636°N 101.8230°W3,282 ft / 1,001 mMedium airport

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

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

1.2M

1516171819202122232425

Routes

13 destinations · 1 country

Year-round8

DFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines453 km281 mi DALDallas Love FieldUnited States · Southwest Airlines471 km293 mi AUSAustin Bergstrom International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines550 km342 mi DENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Express, Southwest Airlines734 km456 mi IAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Express736 km457 mi HOUWilliam P. Hobby AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines764 km475 mi PHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · American Eagle944 km587 mi LASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,244 km773 mi

Cargo6

MAFMidland International Air and Space PortUnited States · FedEx Express195 km121 mi ABIAbilene Regional AirportUnited States · FedEx Express243 km151 mi AFWPerot Field/Fort Worth Alliance AirportUnited States · FedEx Express425 km264 mi DFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · Ameriflight453 km281 mi MEMFrederick W. Smith International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express1,098 km682 mi SDFLouisville Muhammad Ali International AirportUnited States · UPS Airlines1,531 km951 mi

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 US Longest 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 US Elevation3,282 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 US AgeOpened 19372026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=703of 15,079 · =141 North America · =123 US Runways31 · 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