Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → Lafayette
DFW → LFT
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Lafayette operates with an average on-time performance of 75%, experiencing a mean delay of 25.2 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, approximately 354 flights are conducted using Embraer RJ140 and RJ145 aircraft, serving a destination airport that sees around 426,510 passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Lafayette (LFT) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 465 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 23 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.16%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Lafayette the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Lafayette: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Lafayette (LFT) heads south-east for about 564 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 8m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 47% of DFW-LFT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Lafayette it is 2.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 465 tracked DFW-LFT flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 23 min and a 5.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about DFW-LFT
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> Lafayette (LFT) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 23 minutes, based on 465 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-Lafayette is 5.16% across 465 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
