Lake Charles Regional in September 2025

83.3%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 108 domestic departures from Lake Charles Regional (LCH). 83.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.3% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so LCH departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 90 departures with 78.9% leaving on time: a change of +4.4 points, with flights up 20%.

Flights arriving at LCH that month were on time 85.2% of the time (108 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, extreme weather 21% and late-arriving aircraft 19%.

On time 83.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.8%
Cancelled 1.9%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	LCH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	83.3%	78.9%	81.5%	83.1%
Arrived on time	83.3%	77.8%	80.0%	82.8%
Cancelled	1.9%	0.0%	2.8%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.7 min	26.8 min	17.9 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	3	3	18,748
Scheduled departures	108	90	1,089	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	60	56%	91.7%	8.0 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	48	44%	72.9%	-0.8 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	83.3%	5.7 min	2.2%
LCH–IAH	Lake Charles to Houston	18	83.3%	-2.9 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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	44.3%	34.3%	612
Late-arriving aircraft	19.0%	37.4%	262
National Aviation System	15.3%	22.6%	211
Extreme weather	21.4%	5.6%	296
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,381 delay minutes on 16 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 September 2025?

83.3% of 108 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 78.9% of 90 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 83.3% and 1.9% in September 2025.

Provenance

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