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Airport · LAF · Lafayette, Indiana

Lafayette, IN

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Lafayette, IN (LAF) ranks #376 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Lafayette, IN posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

76.3%
On-time
Top 95%
on-time, US airports
126 min
Delay when late
1.06%
Cancelled
#376 of 382
Corpus placement
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LAF on-time rate vs. the national average

Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%76.3%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 6,847.

Late Aircraft 51.7% (3,541 min)
Carrier 34.7% (2,374 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 13.3% (910 min)
Weather 0.3% (22 min)
Security 0.0% (0 min)

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Lafayette, IN.

Cancellation Rate

1.06%

5 of 473 flights

Diversion Rate

0.00%

0 of 473 flights

Delay Rate

23.7%

112 of 473 flights

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Lafayette, IN, both outside Indiana so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 76.3%).

Newburgh/Poughkeepsie, NY

Newburgh/Poughkeepsie, NY

76.3% on-time 7,137 flights

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Fort Lauderdale, FL

76.4% on-time 1,010,982 flights

Belleville, IL

Belleville, IL

76.4% on-time 14,072 flights

San Juan, PR

San Juan, PR

76.1% on-time 366,579 flights

Other Airports in Indiana

Compare performance with other Indiana airports.

IND 82.7%

Indianapolis, IN

Indianapolis · 495,575 flights
SBN 81.5%

South Bend, IN

South Bend · 72,322 flights
FWA 80.9%

Fort Wayne, IN

Fort Wayne · 62,234 flights
EVV 86%

Evansville, IN

Evansville · 25,741 flights

LAF delay-share reading

The standout signal at Lafayette, IN is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 51.7% of 6,847 delay minutes across 473 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 76.3% (2.7 pts below the 79% national average), with 112 delayed and 5 cancelled (1.06%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (51.7% late-aircraft, 34.7% carrier, 13.3% NAS, 0.3% weather, 0.0% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, LAF is strongest in September (93.6% on-time) and weakest in December (88.5%), a 5.1-point swing. Volume peaks in December (~104 flights/month). Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Indiana: Indiana flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2025–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using LAF's data

LAF's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Compare LAF against airports with a similar on-time rate. Compare airports
  • Travel in September rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 18.4 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.