Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field in November 2025

80.3%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 218 domestic departures from Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field (LFT). 80.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.3% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so LFT departures were 2.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 284 departures with 83.5% leaving on time: a change of −3.2 points, with flights down 23%.

Flights arriving at LFT that month were on time 76.6% of the time (218 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 74.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.4%
Cancelled 2.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	LFT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	80.3%	83.5%	76.1%	78.1%
Arrived on time	74.3%	82.7%	75.1%	77.3%
Cancelled	2.3%	1.1%	3.2%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.1 min	19.1 min	24.4 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	10	7	19,018
Scheduled departures	218	284	2,522	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	172	79%	70.9%	20.0 min	2.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	42	19%	85.7%	-1.7 min	2.4%
MQ Envoy Air	4	2%	100.0%	-1.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LFT–DFW	Lafayette to Dallas/Fort Worth	148	67.6%	26.1 min	2.7%
LFT–IAH	Lafayette to Houston	38	89.5%	-6.8 min	0.0%
LFT–CLT	Lafayette to Charlotte	30	90.0%	-6.1 min	0.0%
LFT–ATL	Lafayette to Atlanta	2	50.0%	-22.0 min	50.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	29.0%	30.2%	1,426
Late-arriving aircraft	36.9%	38.3%	1,815
National Aviation System	23.5%	26.7%	1,157
Extreme weather	10.6%	4.6%	524
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,922 delay minutes on 51 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 November 2025?

80.3% of 218 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 83.5% of 284 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 80.3% and 2.3% in November 2025.

Provenance

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