Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field in July 2025

74.0%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 235 domestic departures from Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field (LFT). 74.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.2% reached their destination on time; 3.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so LFT departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 315 departures with 68.3% leaving on time: a change of +5.7 points, with flights down 25%.

Flights arriving at LFT that month were on time 66.4% of the time (235 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and extreme weather 21%.

On time 73.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.8%
Cancelled 3.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	LFT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	74.0%	68.3%	76.1%	69.7%
Arrived on time	73.2%	67.3%	75.1%	69.0%
Cancelled	3.0%	3.8%	3.2%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.2 min	34.6 min	24.4 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	11	7	21,048
Scheduled departures	235	315	2,522	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	86	37%	73.3%	21.9 min	1.2%
MQ Envoy Air	84	36%	81.0%	0.7 min	3.6%
OH PSA Airlines	65	28%	63.1%	25.8 min	4.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LFT–DFW	Lafayette to Dallas/Fort Worth	148	70.3%	20.7 min	3.4%
LFT–CLT	Lafayette to Charlotte	31	93.5%	-12.6 min	3.2%
LFT–IAH	Lafayette to Houston	30	73.3%	10.3 min	0.0%
LFT–ATL	Lafayette to Atlanta	26	65.4%	25.0 min	3.8%

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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	38.7%	31.1%	1,955
Late-arriving aircraft	32.3%	40.8%	1,630
National Aviation System	7.4%	20.7%	372
Extreme weather	21.2%	7.3%	1,071
Security	0.4%	0.1%	22

5,050 delay minutes on 56 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 July 2025?

74.0% of 235 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 68.3% of 315 departures left on time and 3.8% were cancelled, against 74.0% and 3.0% in July 2025.

Provenance

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