Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field in August 2024

83.7%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 301 domestic departures from Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field (LFT). 83.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.1% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so LFT departures were 8.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 259 departures with 85.3% leaving on time: a change of −1.6 points, with flights up 16%.

Flights arriving at LFT that month were on time 83.7% of the time (300 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 65%, late-arriving aircraft 23% and extreme weather 8%.

On time 84.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.6%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from LFT in August 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	LFT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	83.7%	85.3%	76.1%	75.4%
Arrived on time	84.1%	87.3%	75.1%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.8%	3.2%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.7 min	15.9 min	24.4 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	9	7	20,634
Scheduled departures	301	259	2,522	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	194	64%	84.5%	2.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	66	22%	87.9%	8.6 min	1.5%
MQ Envoy Air	37	12%	75.7%	8.2 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	4	1%	75.0%	-12.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LFT–DFW	Lafayette to Dallas/Fort Worth	148	86.5%	-3.5 min	0.0%
LFT–ATL	Lafayette to Atlanta	85	77.6%	8.5 min	0.0%
LFT–IAH	Lafayette to Houston	37	86.5%	10.6 min	0.0%
LFT–CLT	Lafayette to Charlotte	31	87.1%	22.0 min	3.2%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	64.7%	33.8%	3,006
Late-arriving aircraft	22.6%	39.8%	1,048
National Aviation System	4.9%	20.4%	230
Extreme weather	7.8%	5.9%	363
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,647 delay minutes on 47 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 LFT on time in August 2024?

83.7% of 301 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 85.3% of 259 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 83.7% and 0.3% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for LFT · methodology · corrections.