Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport

Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport is five miles north of , in , United States. Originally Lubbock International Airport, it was renamed in 2004 for former governor Preston E.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport
  • Also known as: “KLBB”, “LBB”, and “Lubbock International Airport”
  • Historically known as: “South Plains Airport” and “South Plains Army Airfield”
  • Address: 5401 North Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Lubbock, TX 79403

Places of Interest

Highlights include Silent Wings Museum.

Museum
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, "The Legacy of The World War II Glider Pilots," is a museum in . The museum is housed in the former tower and terminal building of Lubbock's airport during the 1950s, and 1960s.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Deal and Lubbock.

Village
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is a town in , , United States. The population was 730 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Metropolitan Statistical Area and the region. is situated 5 miles north of Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport.

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is the largest city in the of and serves as the area's agricultural and economic hub. , commonly known as the Hub City, is in the center of the South Plains, an expansive cotton-growing region.

Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport

Latitude
33.66547° or 33° 39′ 56″ north
Longitude
-101.81184° or 101° 48′ 43″ west
Elevation
3,251 feet (991 metres)
Operator
City of Lubbock
Named after
Preston Smith
IATA airport code
LBB
ICAO airport code
KLBB
Open location code
855WM58Q+57
Open­Street­Map ID
way 224561370
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
5525589
Wiki­data ID
Q1627015
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Lubbock International Airport”
  • Chinese: “拉伯克国际机场”
  • Chinese: “拉伯克普雷斯頓·史密斯国际机场”
  • Chinese: “拉伯克普雷斯頓·史密斯國際機場”
  • Chinese: “拉伯克普雷斯顿·史密斯国际机场”
  • French: “aérodrome de Lubbock Preston Smith Intl”
  • French: “Aérodrome de Lubbock Preston Smith Intl”
  • French: “LBB”
  • German: “Flughafen Lubbock (Texas)”
  • German: “Flughafen Lubbock”
  • Indonesian: “KLBB”
  • Indonesian: “LBB”
  • Japanese: “LBB”
  • Japanese: “ラボック・プレストン・スミス国際空港”
  • Japanese: “ラボック国際空港”
  • Japanese: “ラボック空港”
  • Persian: “KLBB”
  • Persian: “LBB”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین المللی لوبوک پرستون اسمیت”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی لوبوک پرستون اسمیت”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Lubbock Preston Smith”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Lubbock Preston Smith”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи бин‌алмилалӣ лубук пирис исмет”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Луббок Престон Смит”
  • Urdu: “لابوک پریسٹن سمتھ انٹرنیشنل ایئرپورٹ”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Lubbock Preston Smith”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Lubbock Preston Smith”

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