Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field in March 2026

67.8%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 230 domestic departures from Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field (LFT). 67.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.1% reached their destination on time; 6.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so LFT departures were 5.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 185 departures with 76.8% leaving on time: a change of −9.0 points, with flights up 24%.

Flights arriving at LFT that month were on time 63.8% of the time (229 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 40% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 66.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.0%
Cancelled 6.1%
Diverted 0.9%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	LFT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	67.8%	76.8%	76.1%	72.8%
Arrived on time	66.1%	74.1%	75.1%	73.2%
Cancelled	6.1%	3.2%	3.2%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	44.7 min	22.3 min	24.4 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	6	7	20,403
Scheduled departures	230	185	2,522	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	135	59%	63.7%	43.7 min	6.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	88	38%	68.2%	19.7 min	4.5%
MQ Envoy Air	7	3%	85.7%	-11.8 min	14.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LFT–DFW	Lafayette to Dallas/Fort Worth	111	62.2%	27.9 min	9.0%
LFT–IAH	Lafayette to Houston	88	68.2%	19.7 min	4.5%
LFT–CLT	Lafayette to Charlotte	31	74.2%	84.2 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	39.6%	33.5%	3,477
Late-arriving aircraft	45.4%	39.3%	3,990
National Aviation System	10.3%	21.0%	906
Extreme weather	4.4%	5.9%	385
Security	0.3%	0.2%	29

8,787 delay minutes on 62 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 March 2026?

67.8% of 230 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 76.8% of 185 departures left on time and 3.2% were cancelled, against 67.8% and 6.1% in March 2026.

Provenance

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