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Airport · LCH · Lake Charles, Louisiana

Lake Charles, LA

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Lake Charles, LA (LCH) ranks #233 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Lake Charles, LA posts top-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

86.1%
On-time
Top 21%
on-time, US airports
101 min
Delay when late
2.35%
Cancelled
#233 of 382
Corpus placement
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LCH on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%86.1%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 115,893.

Late Aircraft 19.9% (23,081 min)
Carrier 44.9% (52,048 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 13.3% (15,449 min)
Weather 21.8% (25,271 min)
Security 0.0% (44 min)

LCH - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: January (95.4%) · worst: May (91.4%)

91%92%93%94%95%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 92.6%

LCH - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 96.8% 89.5% ▼ -7.5%

LCH - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 17 min · taxi-in 4.8 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

12 min14 min16 min18 min20 min22 min Jan 24Dec 25 19.8 min 15.7 min ▼ -20.7%

LCH's average taxi-out (17 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 14.4 min (April 2024) to 20.8 min (November 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Lake Charles, LA.

Cancellation Rate

2.35%

318 of 13,543 flights

Diversion Rate

0.09%

12 of 13,543 flights

Delay Rate

13.9%

1,879 of 13,543 flights

Top Routes from LCH

Busiest routes to and from Lake Charles, LA.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → LCH (Lake Charles) 5,955 85.4% 295 mi
LCH (Lake Charles) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 5,950 82.1% 295 mi
IAH (Houston) → LCH (Lake Charles) 633 91.3% 127 mi
LCH (Lake Charles) → IAH (Houston) 631 91.8% 127 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Lake Charles, LA, both outside Louisiana 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: 86.1%).

Bend/Redmond, OR

Bend/Redmond, OR

86% on-time 75,747 flights

Gulfport/Biloxi, MS

Gulfport/Biloxi, MS

86% on-time 38,923 flights

Evansville, IN

Evansville, IN

86% on-time 25,741 flights

San Angelo, TX

San Angelo, TX

86% on-time 16,218 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 13,543).

La Crosse, WI

La Crosse, WI

13,386 flights 87% on-time

Elmira/Corning, NY

Elmira/Corning, NY

13,181 flights 84.5% on-time

Tyler, TX

Tyler, TX

13,972 flights 85.3% on-time

Belleville, IL

Belleville, IL

14,072 flights 76.4% on-time

Other Airports in Louisiana

Compare performance with other Louisiana airports.

MSY 79.9%

New Orleans, LA

New Orleans · 539,385 flights
SHV 83.1%

Shreveport, LA

Shreveport · 55,112 flights
BTR 84.2%

Baton Rouge, LA

Baton Rouge · 53,837 flights
LFT 83.2%

Lafayette, LA

Lafayette · 37,254 flights
AEX 86.2%

Alexandria, LA

Alexandria · 23,340 flights
MLU 87.2%

Monroe, LA

Monroe · 22,635 flights

LCH delay-share reading

The standout signal at Lake Charles, LA is the delay mix: Carrier owns 44.9% of 115,893 delay minutes across 13,543 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 86.1% (7.1 pts above the 79% national average), with 1,879 delayed and 318 cancelled (2.35%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (19.9% late-aircraft, 44.9% carrier, 13.3% NAS, 21.8% weather, 0.0% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, LCH is strongest in January (95.4% on-time) and weakest in May (91.4%), a 4.0-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~216 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) at 85.4% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Louisiana: Louisiana flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using LCH's data

LCH's on-time book is stronger than most peers; the remaining risk sits in the delay mix, not a weak headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from LCH before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in January rather than May if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 17 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.