Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field in April 2026

78.5%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 186 domestic departures from Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field (LFT). 78.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.9% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so LFT departures were 0.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 180 departures with 72.8% leaving on time: a change of +5.7 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at LFT that month were on time 72.6% of the time (186 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 72%, national aviation system 10% and air carrier 9%.

On time 76.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.4%
Cancelled 2.2%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	LFT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	78.5%	72.8%	76.1%	79.1%
Arrived on time	76.9%	73.3%	75.1%	78.9%
Cancelled	2.2%	3.3%	3.2%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	24.1 min	26.2 min	24.4 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	6	7	19,931
Scheduled departures	186	180	2,522	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	146	78%	77.4%	13.9 min	2.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	40	22%	75.0%	16.6 min	2.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LFT–DFW	Lafayette to Dallas/Fort Worth	140	71.4%	19.6 min	2.9%
LFT–CLT	Lafayette to Charlotte	30	100.0%	-15.8 min	0.0%
LFT–IAH	Lafayette to Houston	16	81.3%	28.2 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	8.7%	33.5%	385
Late-arriving aircraft	71.6%	40.4%	3,154
National Aviation System	10.1%	21.0%	443
Extreme weather	8.6%	5.0%	379
Security	1.0%	0.1%	46

4,407 delay minutes on 38 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 April 2026?

78.5% of 186 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 72.8% of 180 departures left on time and 3.3% were cancelled, against 78.5% and 2.2% in April 2026.

Provenance

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