Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field in February 2025

75.0%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 164 domestic departures from Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field (LFT). 75.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.6% reached their destination on time; 3.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so LFT departures were 4.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 212 departures with 84.4% leaving on time: a change of −9.4 points, with flights down 23%.

Flights arriving at LFT that month were on time 72.6% of the time (164 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 56%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and extreme weather 11%.

On time 72.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.6%
Cancelled 3.7%
Diverted 1.2%

Every scheduled departure from LFT in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	LFT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	75.0%	84.4%	76.1%	79.2%
Arrived on time	72.6%	85.8%	75.1%	77.9%
Cancelled	3.7%	0.0%	3.2%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	30.4 min	9.9 min	24.4 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	7	7	16,830
Scheduled departures	164	212	2,522	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	62	38%	71.0%	18.0 min	4.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	58	35%	67.2%	5.3 min	1.7%
MQ Envoy Air	44	27%	81.8%	29.3 min	4.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LFT–DFW	Lafayette to Dallas/Fort Worth	134	70.1%	18.4 min	2.2%
LFT–CLT	Lafayette to Charlotte	28	82.1%	10.7 min	10.7%
LFT–IAH	Lafayette to Houston	2	100.0%	-26.5 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	55.7%	33.9%	2,142
Late-arriving aircraft	27.3%	36.9%	1,050
National Aviation System	5.5%	22.5%	211
Extreme weather	11.4%	6.6%	440
Security	0.0%	0.1%	1

3,844 delay minutes on 37 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 February 2025?

75.0% of 164 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 84.4% of 212 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 75.0% and 3.7% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.