Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field in July 2026

72.0%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 175 domestic departures from Lafayette Regional Paul Fournet Field (LFT). 72.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.9% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so LFT departures were 3.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 235 departures with 74.0% leaving on time: a change of −2.0 points, with flights down 26%.

Flights arriving at LFT that month were on time 64.0% of the time (175 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 74.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.0%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	LFT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	72.0%	74.0%	76.1%	68.8%
Arrived on time	74.9%	73.2%	75.1%	69.4%
Cancelled	1.1%	3.0%	3.2%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	38.1 min	22.2 min	24.4 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	8	7	21,066
Scheduled departures	175	235	2,522	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	113	65%	73.5%	43.0 min	1.8%
MQ Envoy Air	62	35%	77.4%	6.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LFT–DFW	Lafayette to Dallas/Fort Worth	144	72.2%	34.9 min	1.4%
LFT–CLT	Lafayette to Charlotte	31	87.1%	7.2 min	0.0%

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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	37.8%	31.7%	2,397
Late-arriving aircraft	49.5%	41.8%	3,143
National Aviation System	9.5%	19.9%	605
Extreme weather	3.1%	6.5%	199
Security	0.1%	0.1%	4

6,348 delay minutes on 42 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 July 2026?

72.0% of 175 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 74.0% of 235 departures left on time and 3.0% were cancelled, against 72.0% and 1.1% in July 2026.

Provenance

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