Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT) delays & on-time performance
Lafayette, Louisiana · 4 nonstop destinations · 3 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at LFT right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.2%
81 flights
Avg arrival delay
25 min
108 min when late
Departed on time
78%
avg taxi-out 18 min
Figures cover 2,522 departures from LFT; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into LFT were on time 74% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT) arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, in line with the national average.
- 3.2% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
- SkyWest Airlines was the most punctual airline here (82% on time); PSA Airlines was the least (75%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (90% on time); around 5pm did worst (58%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (47%).
Most delayed routes from LFT
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth74%1,666 flts
- CLT · Charlotte90%365 flts
Most reliable routes from LFT
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- CLT · Charlotte90%365 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth74%1,666 flts
Best airline at LFT
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 82% | 3.0% | 19 min | 3 | 527 |
| Envoy Air | 82% | 2.2% | 16 min | 1 | 546 |
| PSA Airlines | 75% | 3.7% | 31 min | 2 | 1,449 |
Best time to fly out of LFT
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am90%331 flts
- 6am85%151 flts
- 7am85%358 flts
- 8am95%38 flts
- 9am88%132 flts
- 10am77%354 flts
- 11am81%57 flts
- 12pm77%113 flts
- 1pm69%107 flts
- 2pm70%149 flts
- 3pm78%86 flts
- 4pm64%135 flts
- 5pm58%189 flts
- 6pm73%229 flts
- 7pm67%64 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft47%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)30%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion11%
- Extreme weather11%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.