Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field in November 2024

83.5%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 284 domestic departures from Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field (LFT). 83.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.7% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so LFT departures were 1.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 253 departures with 81.8% leaving on time: a change of +1.7 points, with flights up 12%.

Flights arriving at LFT that month were on time 83.1% of the time (284 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, extreme weather 27% and air carrier 23%.

On time 82.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.5%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	LFT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	83.5%	81.8%	76.1%	85.2%
Arrived on time	82.7%	84.6%	75.1%	84.8%
Cancelled	1.1%	0.0%	3.2%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.1 min	11.8 min	24.4 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	8	7	19,180
Scheduled departures	284	253	2,522	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	88	31%	89.8%	-8.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	83	29%	79.5%	18.2 min	1.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	83	29%	80.7%	14.8 min	2.4%
MQ Envoy Air	30	11%	76.7%	3.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LFT–DFW	Lafayette to Dallas/Fort Worth	142	75.4%	18.7 min	2.1%
LFT–ATL	Lafayette to Atlanta	110	88.2%	-3.2 min	0.0%
LFT–CLT	Lafayette to Charlotte	30	96.7%	-5.8 min	0.0%
LFT–IAH	Lafayette to Houston	2	100.0%	-7.0 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	23.2%	36.9%	1,124
Late-arriving aircraft	44.3%	35.6%	2,150
National Aviation System	5.0%	21.9%	244
Extreme weather	27.3%	5.4%	1,324
Security	0.2%	0.2%	10

4,852 delay minutes on 44 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 November 2024?

83.5% of 284 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 81.8% of 253 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 83.5% and 1.1% in November 2024.

Provenance

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