Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field in August 2025

77.1%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 245 domestic departures from Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field (LFT). 77.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.3% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so LFT departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 301 departures with 83.7% leaving on time: a change of −6.6 points, with flights down 19%.

Flights arriving at LFT that month were on time 76.3% of the time (245 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 76.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.6%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.8%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	LFT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	77.1%	83.7%	76.1%	76.8%
Arrived on time	76.3%	84.1%	75.1%	76.3%
Cancelled	1.2%	0.3%	3.2%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.7 min	16.7 min	24.4 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	10	7	20,079
Scheduled departures	245	301	2,522	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	89	36%	68.5%	20.6 min	2.2%
MQ Envoy Air	78	32%	80.8%	9.9 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	78	32%	80.8%	9.3 min	1.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LFT–DFW	Lafayette to Dallas/Fort Worth	140	68.6%	21.1 min	1.4%
LFT–ATL	Lafayette to Atlanta	43	72.1%	27.8 min	2.3%
LFT–CLT	Lafayette to Charlotte	31	96.8%	-10.0 min	0.0%
LFT–IAH	Lafayette to Houston	31	96.8%	-14.7 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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	36.2%	33.1%	1,882
Late-arriving aircraft	39.4%	40.5%	2,047
National Aviation System	12.7%	19.2%	658
Extreme weather	11.4%	7.0%	595
Security	0.3%	0.1%	15

5,197 delay minutes on 53 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 August 2025?

77.1% of 245 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 83.7% of 301 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 77.1% and 1.2% in August 2025.

Provenance

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