Flights Houston → Lafayette
IAH → LFT
How long is the flight from Houston to Lafayette?
The flight from Houston (IAH) to Lafayette (LFT) takes 42 min on average. That is the median time recorded across 3 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Lafayette operates with a high level of punctuality, with 82% of flights arriving on time. Over the course of a year, there are 482 total flights along this route, and the average delay for these flights is approximately 17 minutes. The destination airport serves 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 Houston (IAH) → Lafayette (LFT) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 1120 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 20 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.70%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 28.7/100 (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 Houston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Lafayette: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to Lafayette (LFT) heads east for about 324 km, a flight time of roughly 42m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 50% of IAH-LFT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Lafayette it is 2.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 1,120 tracked IAH-LFT flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 20 min and a 1.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 83% | 5 min | 1.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about IAH-LFT
The flight from Houston (IAH) to Lafayette (LFT) takes 42 min on average. That is the median time recorded across 3 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Houston (IAH) -> Lafayette (LFT) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 20 minutes, based on 1120 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Lafayette is 1.70% across 1120 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United 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.
