Lake Charles Regional in October 2025

82.3%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 113 domestic departures from Lake Charles Regional (LCH). 82.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.8% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so LCH departures were 2.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 92 departures with 79.3% leaving on time: a change of +3.0 points, with flights up 23%.

Flights arriving at LCH that month were on time 84.1% of the time (113 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 32%, national aviation system 27% and extreme weather 26%.

On time 78.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.5%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.9%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	LCH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	82.3%	79.3%	81.5%	80.0%
Arrived on time	78.8%	80.4%	80.0%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.0%	2.8%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.8 min	24.2 min	17.9 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	3	3	20,195
Scheduled departures	113	92	1,089	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	62	55%	79.0%	13.0 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	51	45%	78.4%	-2.2 min	2.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LCH–DFW	Lake Charles to Dallas/Fort Worth	92	78.3%	8.6 min	1.1%
LCH–IAH	Lake Charles to Houston	21	81.0%	-4.1 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.2%	34.0%	510
Late-arriving aircraft	14.7%	39.7%	232
National Aviation System	27.1%	22.9%	428
Extreme weather	26.0%	3.3%	412
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,582 delay minutes on 22 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 October 2025?

82.3% of 113 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 79.3% of 92 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 82.3% and 0.9% in October 2025.

Provenance

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