Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Dallas-Love , Texas 156,000 Southwest
1 Dallas/Fort Worth , Texas 156,000 American
3 Denver , Colorado 58,000 Southwest , United
4 Houston-Intercontinental , Texas 46,000 United
5 Las Vegas , Nevada 35,000 Southwest
6 Austin , Texas 30,000 Southwest
7 Phoenix-Sky Harbor , Arizona 19,000 American
8 Houston-Hobby , Texas 13,000 Southwest
Statistics -- Top destinations
Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport is five miles north of Lubbock, in Lubbock County, Texas. Originally Lubbock International Airport, it was renamed in 2004 for former Texas governor Preston E. Smith, an alumnus of Texas Tech University. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011-2015 classifies it as a primary commercial service airport. Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 487,000 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2018,