Flights Lafayette → Houston
LFT → IAH
How long is the flight from Lafayette to Houston?
The flight from Lafayette (LFT) to Houston (IAH) takes 52 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 Lafayette to Houston has an on-time performance rate of 89%, with an average delay of 6.3 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 482 flights, connecting a smaller city to one of the busiest airports in the United States, which handles nearly 40 million 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 Lafayette (LFT) → Houston (IAH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 1119 flights monitored in recent months, 88% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.70%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Houston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Lafayette the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Lafayette (LFT) to Houston (IAH) heads west for about 324 km, a flight time of roughly 52m.
Departures from Lafayette on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 54% of LFT-IAH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Lafayette the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Houston it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 1,119 tracked LFT-IAH flights, 88% left on time with an average delay of 7 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 LFT-IAH
The flight from Lafayette (LFT) to Houston (IAH) takes 52 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 Lafayette (LFT) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 88% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 1119 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Lafayette-Houston is 1.70% across 1119 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.
