Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field in January 2026

74.9%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 259 domestic departures from Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field (LFT). 74.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.7% reached their destination on time; 9.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so LFT departures were 0.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 177 departures with 69.5% leaving on time: a change of +5.4 points, with flights up 46%.

Flights arriving at LFT that month were on time 73.1% of the time (260 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and extreme weather 19%.

On time 75.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.3%
Cancelled 9.7%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from LFT in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	LFT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	74.9%	69.5%	76.1%	75.6%
Arrived on time	75.7%	68.4%	75.1%	75.3%
Cancelled	9.7%	13.0%	3.2%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.0 min	22.3 min	24.4 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	6	7	18,133
Scheduled departures	259	177	2,522	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	150	58%	75.3%	12.2 min	10.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	104	40%	75.0%	14.6 min	8.7%
MQ Envoy Air	5	2%	100.0%	-3.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LFT–DFW	Lafayette to Dallas/Fort Worth	124	75.8%	15.1 min	9.7%
LFT–ATL	Lafayette to Atlanta	79	69.6%	21.9 min	10.1%
LFT–CLT	Lafayette to Charlotte	31	77.4%	-2.6 min	12.9%
LFT–IAH	Lafayette to Houston	25	92.0%	-6.6 min	4.0%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	48.3%	37.3%	2,515
Late-arriving aircraft	25.7%	35.0%	1,340
National Aviation System	7.1%	18.0%	368
Extreme weather	18.9%	9.6%	986
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,209 delay minutes on 37 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 January 2026?

74.9% of 259 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 69.5% of 177 departures left on time and 13.0% were cancelled, against 74.9% and 9.7% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.