[4] Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport covers an area of 674 acres (273 ha) which contains one concrete paved runway (17/35) measuring 7,000 x 100 ft (2,134 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending January 1, 2021, the airport had 77,981 aircraft operations, an average of 214 per day: 95% general aviation, 4% air taxi, 1% military, and <1% commercial.

Larger aircraft, such as the Aerodynamics (ADI) Dynajet Airbus ACJ (A319) operated as a shuttle service for Dow Chemical, were diverted to William P. Hobby Airport in Houston during the runway closure.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport was linked to the national airway grid with regularly scheduled airline service.

Prior to the opening of the present airport, in February 1976 Houston Metro Airlines was operating six nonstop flights every weekday from the old airport (LJN) to Houston (IAH) with de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter STOL turboprops as well as two nonstop flights every weekday from LJN to Victoria (VCT), also with Twin Otters.

In April 1981, Metro Airlines was operating six nonstop DHC-6 Twin Otter flights every weekday from the new LBX airport to IAH.