{"id":48903,"date":"2025-11-14T02:22:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T02:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/48903\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T02:22:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T02:22:15","slug":"lubbock-airport-prepares-for-busy-holiday-travel-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/48903\/","title":{"rendered":"Lubbock airport prepares for busy holiday travel season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; More than 80 million travelers are expected to hit the roads and skies ahead of Thanksgiving weekend, according to AAA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Kelly Campbell, executive director for Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport, said although it will be the busiest time of the year, the airport will do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcbd.com\/2025\/11\/13\/holiday-travel-tips-lubbock-preston-smith-international-airport\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.kcbd.com\/2025\/11\/13\/holiday-travel-tips-lubbock-preston-smith-international-airport\/\">everything it can to make travel experiences as smooth as possible<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt will be busy and people will be stressed with the impacts of the recent government shutdown,\u201d Campbell said. \u201cThings are a little more stressed than normal, and so, we will do a great job of getting people through,\u201d Campbell said.<\/p>\n<p>Parking and transportation options<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Campbell said the airport parking lot will fill up quickly, but there are plenty of parking options.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe have a great facility down at airport shelter park. You park and ride up, they will pick you up and bring you up to the terminal building and then when you return it will take you back,\u201d Campbell said. \u201cWe have overflow prepared. We\u2019re getting that ready and we will have it, so we will have plenty of parking and we will have signs to indicate where that parking is at and where it\u2019s available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Security guidelines for holiday travelers<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">To make the security experience easier, travelers are asked to make sure any gifts in their bags are unwrapped.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIf TSA has questions on the content of the package, they will undo your wrapping,\u201d Campbell said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Campbell said traveling during the holidays can be stressful, but she encourages everyone to work together as they travel to see their loved ones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe just ask everybody to remember the season and to be kind. Be kind to those people who are working hard, everybody from the airline to TSA to our custodians; our police officers, our ops agents, everybody wants a good experience for you,\u201d Campbell said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Airport officials remind travelers to arrive early and give themselves extra time. Flight delays or cancelations can be tracked on the <a href=\"https:\/\/ci.lubbock.tx.us\/departments\/airport\/arrivals-and-departures\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/ci.lubbock.tx.us\/departments\/airport\/arrivals-and-departures\">city of Lubbock website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 KCBD. 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