Lafayette Regional Airport

Lafayette Regional Airport
The former Lafayette Regional Airport terminal from the tarmac before the new terminal was opened on January 20, 2022
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity & Parish of Lafayette
OperatorLafayette Airport Commission
ServesLafayette, Louisiana
LocationLafayette Parish, near Lafayette, Louisiana
Elevation AMSL42 ft / 13 m
Coordinates30°12′19″N 91°59′15″W / 30.20528°N 91.98750°W / 30.20528; -91.98750
Websitewww.LFTairport.com
Map
LFT is located in Louisiana
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Location of airport in Louisiana
LFT is located in the United States
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LFT (the United States)
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
04L/22R 4,099 1,249 Asphalt
04R/22L 8,000 2,438 Asphalt
11/29 5,400 1,646 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 50 15 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations (year ending 2/28)45,467
Based aircraft138
Sources: airport website[1] and FAA[2]

Lafayette Regional Airport(French: Aéroport régional de Lafayette) (IATA: LFT, ICAO: KLFT, FAA LID: LFT) is a public use airport two miles (4 km) southeast of Lafayette, in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is owned and operated by the City Parish of Lafayette.

The Lafayette Regional airport is located next to U.S. Highway 90 (future Interstate 49) on the east side of the city, close to offshore oil and gas activity in the Gulf of Mexico. Lafayette Regional is home to one of the largest helicopter companies in the world, Petroleum Helicopters International (formerly PHI-Petroleum Helicopters Inc.).

Lafayette Regional airport does not have international flights; however, regional jet service is operated nonstop to four hubs: Atlanta (ATL), Charlotte (CLT),[3] Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) and Houston (IAH).

  1. ^ "LFT Airport – Lafayette Regional Airport". www.lftairport.com.
  2. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for LFT PDF, effective March 2, 2017
  3. ^ "Home". aa.com.