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
Location		Lubbock, Texas
Elevation AMSL		3,282 ft / 1,000 m
Coordinates		33°39′49″N 101°49′22″W / 33.66361, -101.82278
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.

1 Airlines
2 Cargo carriers
3 Information about airport
4 External links

[edit] Airlines

American Airlines
- American Eagle (Dallas/Fort Worth)
Continental Airlines
- Continental Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
- Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
New Mexico Airlines (Hobbs [Proposed])-- Lubbock City Council did not approve the airline to begin service.
Southwest Airlines (Albuquerque, Austin, Dallas-Love, El Paso, Las Vegas)

[edit] Cargo carriers

Airborne Express (Albuquerque, Airborne Airpark, Ohio)
FedEx (Memphis)

[edit] Information about airport

Free Wi-Fi access is provided by the city of Lubbock throughout the airport. There are concessions 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 Amazon Jet aircraft (American/Continental Express), and Canadair Regional Jets (American/Continental Express). There is occasional Allegiant Airlines charter service (MD82/83 JET) although not widely publicized. Frontier Airlines has expressed interest in expanding into Lubbock, however, the airports deteriorating facilities and high gate fees have prevented this from taking place. There is outrage among business leaders and citizens of Lubbock due to the lack of the City Councils efforts to bring in other airlines to provide passenger service to additional cities outsides those already serviced, especially flights heading west.

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. There was also Delta (Operated by COMAIR & ASA) flights to DFW Airport before Delta closed its hub at DFW Airport after 9/11.