Lake Charles Regional in April 2025

75.8%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 120 domestic departures from Lake Charles Regional (LCH). 75.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.7% reached their destination on time; 4.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so LCH departures were 4.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 90 departures with 80.0% leaving on time: a change of −4.2 points, with flights up 33%.

Flights arriving at LCH that month were on time 70.0% of the time (120 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 41%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 76.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.2%
Cancelled 4.2%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from LCH in April 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

April 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	LCH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	75.8%	80.0%	81.5%	80.6%
Arrived on time	76.7%	76.7%	80.0%	79.5%
Cancelled	4.2%	5.6%	2.8%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.6 min	23.3 min	17.9 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	3	3	19,465
Scheduled departures	120	90	1,089	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	120	100%	76.7%	15.5 min	4.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LCH–DFW	Lake Charles to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	73.3%	17.0 min	5.6%
LCH–IAH	Lake Charles to Houston	30	86.7%	11.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	31.9%	32.7%	807
Late-arriving aircraft	11.3%	39.4%	286
National Aviation System	16.0%	22.2%	405
Extreme weather	40.8%	5.5%	1,034
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,532 delay minutes on 23 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left LCH on time in April 2025?

75.8% of 120 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 80.0% of 90 departures left on time and 5.6% were cancelled, against 75.8% and 4.2% in April 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for LCH · methodology · corrections.