Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field in October 2024

86.9%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 283 domestic departures from Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field (LFT). 86.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.3% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so LFT departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 283 departures with 87.3% leaving on time: a change of −0.4 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at LFT that month were on time 83.4% of the time (283 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 66%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and extreme weather 6%.

On time 88.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.7%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	LFT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	86.9%	87.3%	76.1%	85.5%
Arrived on time	88.3%	84.5%	75.1%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	1.4%	3.2%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.7 min	14.6 min	24.4 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	9	7	20,517
Scheduled departures	283	283	2,522	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	132	47%	90.9%	-2.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	61	22%	78.7%	14.8 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	59	21%	94.9%	-12.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	31	11%	83.9%	-0.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LFT–DFW	Lafayette to Dallas/Fort Worth	143	85.3%	2.4 min	0.0%
LFT–ATL	Lafayette to Atlanta	109	92.7%	-6.8 min	0.0%
LFT–CLT	Lafayette to Charlotte	31	87.1%	7.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	65.7%	42.7%	2,045
Late-arriving aircraft	26.0%	37.4%	808
National Aviation System	2.1%	16.3%	64
Extreme weather	6.2%	3.4%	193
Security	0.0%	0.2%	1

3,111 delay minutes on 33 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 October 2024?

86.9% of 283 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 87.3% of 283 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 86.9% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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