Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field in February 2026

80.1%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 156 domestic departures from Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field (LFT). 80.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.8% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so LFT departures were 2.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 164 departures with 75.0% leaving on time: a change of +5.1 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at LFT that month were on time 77.6% of the time (156 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 38% and extreme weather 9%.

On time 80.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.7%
Cancelled 2.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	LFT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	80.1%	75.0%	76.1%	78.1%
Arrived on time	80.8%	72.6%	75.1%	78.3%
Cancelled	2.6%	3.7%	3.2%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.2 min	30.4 min	24.4 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	6	7	17,168
Scheduled departures	156	164	2,522	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	115	74%	74.8%	6.5 min	3.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	25	16%	100.0%	-15.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	16	10%	93.8%	1.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LFT–DFW	Lafayette to Dallas/Fort Worth	103	76.7%	4.6 min	2.9%
LFT–CLT	Lafayette to Charlotte	28	78.6%	10.7 min	3.6%
LFT–IAH	Lafayette to Houston	25	100.0%	-15.3 min	0.0%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	37.7%	38.2%	684
Late-arriving aircraft	45.6%	37.2%	828
National Aviation System	7.9%	18.5%	144
Extreme weather	8.8%	6.0%	159
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,815 delay minutes on 26 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 February 2026?

80.1% of 156 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 75.0% of 164 departures left on time and 3.7% were cancelled, against 80.1% and 2.6% in February 2026.

Provenance

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