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Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport

LBB · Lubbock, TX

By Andrew
IATA Code
LBB
ICAO Code
KLBB
City
Lubbock
Country
United States
Website
www.flylia.com

Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport is a regional airport serving Lubbock, TX. Its IATA code is LBB and its ICAO code is KLBB.

The airfield sits 3,282 feet above sea level.

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LBB by the numbers

IATA LBB · ICAO KLBB · 3,282 ft elevation · Map

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Official departure punctuality

Ranks #88 of 358 U.S. airports for on-time departures

On-time departures
83.6%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.7%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
93 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
6,543
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 41%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 32%
  • Air traffic control & airport 17%
  • Extreme weather 10%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data

Busiest routes from LBB

RouteFlightsOn time
Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) 2,617 84%
Dallas (DAL) 1,494 85%
Denver (DEN) 983 77%
Phoenix (PHX) 366 94%
Las Vegas (LAS) 365 80%
Austin (AUS) 326 94%
Houston (HOU) 220 79%
Houston (IAH) 163 77%
Miami (MIA) 7 100%
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) 1 100%
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Airlines departing LBB

AirlineFlightsOn-time departures
Southwest Airlines 2,694 83%
Envoy Air 1,698 88%
SkyWest Airlines 1,502 81%
OH 357 74%
American Airlines 292 86%

Terminals, parking & amenities

Terminals (2)

  • Chapparal Aviation
  • Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport

Parking (2)

Gates (11)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Runways

Runway Length Surface
17R/35L 11,500 ft CON, lighted
08/26 8,003 ft CON, lighted
17L/35R 2,891 ft ASP

Listen to the tower

Air traffic control frequencies, for scanners and airband radios.

  • Recorded airport information (ATIS) 125.300 MHz
  • Tower 120.500 MHz
  • Ground 121.900 MHz
  • Clearance delivery 125.800 MHz
  • Departure 119.200 MHz
  • Approach 119.200 MHz

Runways and frequencies: OurAirports (public domain). Not for navigation.

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