ATL to LFT flight delays
Atlanta, GA (ATL) Lafayette, LA (LFT) · 503 miles
203 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · the publishing regulator
79.38%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
4.43%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
106 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
23 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The cancellation rate for the period is 4.43%, but almost all of it belongs to one month: January 2026, when 10.13% of flights on this route did not operate. Outside that month the route cancelled at around 0.82%. Whatever happened in January was an event, not the normal state of this route.
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 106 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
Only SkyWest Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
This is a thin route — 203 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, SkyWest Airlines arrived on time most often on ATL to LFT. Flights ran closest to schedule in November and worst in January.
Every airline on ATL to LFT
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 203 | 79.38% | 4.43% | 106 min | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
LFT to ATL Lafayette back to Atlanta 80.42% on time DOther routes from Atlanta
Common questions
Are flights from Atlanta to Lafayette usually delayed?
79.38% of flights on the ATL to LFT route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Atlanta to Lafayette?
Only SkyWest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 203 flights and 79.38% arriving on time.
How often are ATL to LFT flights cancelled?
4.43% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 44 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
When ATL to LFT flights are late, how late are they?
About 106 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on ATL to LFT during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →