Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field in May 2025

70.8%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 343 domestic departures from Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field (LFT). 70.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.9% reached their destination on time; 5.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so LFT departures were 5.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 243 departures with 72.8% leaving on time: a change of −2.0 points, with flights up 41%.

Flights arriving at LFT that month were on time 65.7% of the time (344 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, extreme weather 26% and late-arriving aircraft 24%.

On time 67.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.5%
Cancelled 5.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	LFT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	70.8%	72.8%	76.1%	76.7%
Arrived on time	67.9%	72.0%	75.1%	75.4%
Cancelled	5.5%	3.7%	3.2%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	29.8 min	28.6 min	24.4 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	8	7	20,188
Scheduled departures	343	243	2,522	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	247	72%	68.0%	16.8 min	4.5%
OH PSA Airlines	88	26%	68.2%	43.5 min	9.1%
MQ Envoy Air	8	2%	62.5%	67.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LFT–DFW	Lafayette to Dallas/Fort Worth	155	66.5%	25.9 min	7.7%
LFT–IAH	Lafayette to Houston	87	73.6%	11.0 min	3.4%
LFT–ATL	Lafayette to Atlanta	70	61.4%	24.8 min	2.9%
LFT–CLT	Lafayette to Charlotte	31	74.2%	57.8 min	6.5%

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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	41.1%	29.3%	4,101
Late-arriving aircraft	23.9%	37.8%	2,384
National Aviation System	9.2%	25.9%	915
Extreme weather	25.9%	6.9%	2,586
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

9,986 delay minutes on 91 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 May 2025?

70.8% of 343 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 72.8% of 243 departures left on time and 3.7% were cancelled, against 70.8% and 5.5% in May 2025.

Provenance

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