Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field in May 2026

69.6%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 184 domestic departures from Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field (LFT). 69.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.4% reached their destination on time; 4.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so LFT departures were 7.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 343 departures with 70.8% leaving on time: a change of −1.2 points, with flights down 46%.

Flights arriving at LFT that month were on time 64.7% of the time (184 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 28% and extreme weather 18%.

On time 73.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.7%
Cancelled 4.9%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	LFT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	69.6%	70.8%	76.1%	77.1%
Arrived on time	73.4%	67.9%	75.1%	77.6%
Cancelled	4.9%	5.5%	3.2%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	36.3 min	29.8 min	24.4 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	11	7	20,391
Scheduled departures	184	343	2,522	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	127	69%	74.8%	29.9 min	3.9%
MQ Envoy Air	51	28%	68.6%	22.0 min	7.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	6	3%	83.3%	-4.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LFT–DFW	Lafayette to Dallas/Fort Worth	153	68.0%	35.8 min	5.9%
LFT–CLT	Lafayette to Charlotte	31	100.0%	-15.9 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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	27.6%	33.0%	1,662
Late-arriving aircraft	49.8%	40.4%	3,003
National Aviation System	5.0%	20.5%	304
Extreme weather	17.6%	6.0%	1,061
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

6,030 delay minutes on 40 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 May 2026?

69.6% of 184 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 70.8% of 343 departures left on time and 5.5% were cancelled, against 69.6% and 4.9% in May 2026.

Provenance

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