Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field in December 2025

69.4%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 216 domestic departures from Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field (LFT). 69.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.2% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so LFT departures were 2.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 289 departures with 84.1% leaving on time: a change of −14.7 points, with flights down 25%.

Flights arriving at LFT that month were on time 64.7% of the time (215 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 62%, air carrier 22% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 66.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 33.3%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	LFT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	69.4%	84.1%	76.1%	72.0%
Arrived on time	66.2%	78.9%	75.1%	71.9%
Cancelled	0.5%	1.4%	3.2%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	29.3 min	17.3 min	24.4 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	10	7	19,410
Scheduled departures	216	289	2,522	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	176	81%	68.8%	21.0 min	0.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	32	15%	56.3%	26.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	8	4%	50.0%	40.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LFT–DFW	Lafayette to Dallas/Fort Worth	153	64.7%	26.2 min	0.7%
LFT–IAH	Lafayette to Houston	32	56.3%	26.6 min	0.0%
LFT–CLT	Lafayette to Charlotte	31	83.9%	0.6 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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	21.9%	33.3%	1,367
Late-arriving aircraft	62.2%	41.1%	3,886
National Aviation System	10.2%	19.1%	635
Extreme weather	5.7%	6.4%	356
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,244 delay minutes on 72 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 December 2025?

69.4% of 216 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 84.1% of 289 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 69.4% and 0.5% in December 2025.

Provenance

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