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Notable Aircraft at LBB Right Now

Widebodies, super-heavies, military traffic, and emergency squawks in the LBB pattern right now. If there's anything worth noticing, it surfaces here first.

Snapshot from 18:06 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

Widebody
CADDO88
BOEING C-17 Globemaster 3 · 99-0061

LBB Departures & Arrivals

Scheduled flights for today at Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport with gate, terminal, and current status. Separate from the live radar above, which shows every aircraft in the sky whether or not it's on a public schedule.

Status Airline Flight Destination Sched Updated Gate
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No flight data available.

Top Airlines at LBB Right Now

4 aircraft tracked

Snapshot from 18:06 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

Unknown
1
Frontier Airlines
1
Sky West Aviation
1
American Airlines
1
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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

BOEING C-17 Globemaster 3 and AIRBUS A-321neo are tied at the top of the LBB pattern with 1 aircraft each. The mix is a fingerprint of the operation. Narrowbody-heavy points to domestic trunk service; widebodies signal long-haul arrivals and departures.

Snapshot from 18:06 UTC — live data loads in a moment.

1
C17
BOEING C-17 Globemaster 3
1
A21N
AIRBUS A-321neo
1
CRJ7
BOMBARDIER Regional Jet CRJ-700
1
A321
AIRBUS A-321

About Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport

LBB's busiest nonstop destination is DFW, at 305 flights a week. 116 scheduled destinations overall, served by 61 airlines. Based in Lubbock.

Elevation
3,282ft
Routes
116
Airlines
61
Busiest Route
LBB → DFW
305x/week
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All Tracked Flights

Every aircraft currently inside the LBB radar. Sort by any column. Click a row to open its tracker page with route arc, altitude profile, and live telemetry.

Callsign Route Type Dir Alt Speed Dist Squawk
F9F9 1051 A21N 34,000 434kt 2nm 0503
OOOO 6217 CRJ7 12,075 364kt 11nm 5236
CADDO88 C17 9,800 259kt 20nm 2363
AAAA 2239 A321 32,000 449kt 20nm 3630

Frequently Asked Questions

Aircraft positions refresh every few minutes. ADS-B is GPS-accurate, so what you see is within about 30 meters of the aircraft's position at broadcast time.

Altitude. Red on the ground, through green, teal, and blue for mid-altitudes, into violet above 40,000 feet. At a glance you can tell who just took off, who is climbing through the pattern, and who is cruising overhead.

They are inside the LBB radar radius but not landing or departing here. Passing through en route to another airport. We flag them so the numbers for LBB traffic actually reflect LBB traffic.

Click any aircraft on the map. You get its track line across the region and an altitude profile showing the climb, cruise, and descent.

A pulsing red circle indicates an emergency squawk: 7500 (hijack), 7600 (comm failure), or 7700 (general emergency). These are legally-required codes pilots set when something is wrong.

The radar shows live aircraft positions. Gate, terminal, and schedule status sit in the Board section above this one.

GPS-accurate via ADS-B, typically within 30 meters horizontally. Positions refresh every few minutes. When a signal drops (mountain terrain, certain oceanic corridors), the marker holds the last-known position instead of disappearing.