Lake Charles Regional in May 2025

71.3%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 115 domestic departures from Lake Charles Regional (LCH). 71.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.7% reached their destination on time; 7.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so LCH departures were 5.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 93 departures with 66.7% leaving on time: a change of +4.6 points, with flights up 24%.

Flights arriving at LCH that month were on time 74.6% of the time (114 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, extreme weather 38% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 68.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.5%
Cancelled 7.8%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	LCH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	71.3%	66.7%	81.5%	76.7%
Arrived on time	68.7%	63.4%	80.0%	75.4%
Cancelled	7.8%	6.5%	2.8%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	31.4 min	63.0 min	17.9 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	3	3	20,188
Scheduled departures	115	93	1,089	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	115	100%	68.7%	31.2 min	7.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LCH–DFW	Lake Charles to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	66.7%	34.9 min	7.5%
LCH–IAH	Lake Charles to Houston	22	77.3%	15.5 min	9.1%

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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	48.8%	29.3%	1,754
Late-arriving aircraft	4.8%	37.8%	171
National Aviation System	9.0%	25.9%	323
Extreme weather	37.5%	6.9%	1,348
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,596 delay minutes on 27 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 May 2025?

71.3% of 115 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 66.7% of 93 departures left on time and 6.5% were cancelled, against 71.3% and 7.8% in May 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.