Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field in December 2024

84.1%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 289 domestic departures from Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field (LFT). 84.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.9% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so LFT departures were 6.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 232 departures with 85.8% leaving on time: a change of −1.7 points, with flights up 25%.

Flights arriving at LFT that month were on time 84.1% of the time (289 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 34%, extreme weather 30% and air carrier 21%.

On time 78.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.7%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	LFT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	84.1%	85.8%	76.1%	77.8%
Arrived on time	78.9%	86.6%	75.1%	78.1%
Cancelled	1.4%	0.0%	3.2%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.3 min	16.9 min	24.4 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	8	7	19,686
Scheduled departures	289	232	2,522	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	106	37%	83.0%	0.3 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	78	27%	70.5%	17.1 min	1.3%
MQ Envoy Air	61	21%	80.3%	12.9 min	3.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	44	15%	81.8%	13.6 min	2.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LFT–DFW	Lafayette to Dallas/Fort Worth	152	74.3%	17.9 min	2.6%
LFT–ATL	Lafayette to Atlanta	106	83.0%	0.3 min	0.0%
LFT–CLT	Lafayette to Charlotte	31	87.1%	0.4 min	0.0%

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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	21.2%	34.3%	1,129
Late-arriving aircraft	33.5%	40.2%	1,781
National Aviation System	15.1%	17.8%	805
Extreme weather	30.1%	7.5%	1,599
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,314 delay minutes on 57 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 December 2024?

84.1% of 289 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 85.8% of 232 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 84.1% and 1.4% in December 2024.

Provenance

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