Lafayette Regional Airport Abbreviation Code

May 23, 2021

Acronym

Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT) first opened its doors in 1931, when the local Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the City of Lafayette, began construction on a small airfield. The airport was initially intended to be used by local businesses for transportation and mail delivery, as well as for recreational flying. In 1936, the airport was officially designated as Lafayette Regional Airport by the U.S. Department of Commerce. For the next decade, it remained a small municipal airport with only a few flights a day and limited services available to travelers.

In 1947, LFT underwent its first major expansion when construction began on an additional runway and terminal building. This expansion allowed for larger aircraft to land at the airport and increased the number of flights into and out of LFT. Over the next several decades, LFT would continue to expand its facilities and services in order to meet increasing demands from both commercial and private customers. By 1970, Lafayette Regional Airport had become an important hub for regional travel with multiple airlines providing service to destinations throughout Louisiana and beyond.

The 1980s saw further improvements at LFT including new hangars and expanded cargo facilities that allowed for an increase in freight transportation services. By 1990s more than 300 flights per week were taking off from or landing at Lafayette Regional Airport making it one of the busiest airports in Louisiana. During this time period there were also several renovations made to improve passenger experience such as updated ticketing counters, improved lighting systems on runways, expanded parking lots and terminal buildings which all helped make Lafayette Regional Airport a more efficient travel hub.

LFT is the abbreviation code for Lafayette Regional Airport. According to Abbreviation Finder, LFT can also mean:

  1. Lafayette / New Iberia, LA, USA – Municipal
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  7. Left
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  9. Letra Financeira do Tesouro
  10. Limited Functional Test
  11. Linear Foot
  12. Linear Fractional Transformation
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  14. Link Fixer Thing
  15. Live Fire Targetry
  16. Live Fire Testing
  17. Liver Function Test
  18. Looking for Team
  19. Low Frequency Transmitter
  20. Low Frustration Tolerance

Lafayette Regional Airport

Lafayette Regional Airport, LA (LFT)

The Lafayette Regional Airport is the most important air traffic hub in the parish of the same name in the US state of Louisiana.

  • URL: Lafayette Regional Airport, LA (LFT)
  • Time zone: GMT -6
  • Service phone: +1 337 266-4400
  • Address: Lafayette Regional Airport, 200 Terminal Drive, Lafayette, LA 70508, USA
  • Operator: City & Parish of Lafayette
  • Parking: Yes, chargeable, short and long-term parking, but the first 30 minutes are free.
  • Nearby cities: Lafayette (4 km), Baton Rouge (85 km)
  • Transport connections: The airport is located on the southern outskirts of the city and directly on US Highway 90.
  • Train connections: Take the train to the Lafayette Amtrak station and then change to bus # 55 in downtown.
  • Flight distribution on the days of the week: Monday (14.88%), Tuesday (14.67%), Wednesday (14.69%), Thursday (14.77%), Friday (15.09%), Saturday (11.57%), Sunday (14.32%)
  • other spellings: Lafayette-La, Лафейетт (Луизиана), ラ フ ァ イ エ ッ ト (ル イ ジ ア ナ 州), 拉 法 葉 (路易斯安那 州)

Most popular destinations from Lafayette Regional Airport, LA (flights per week)

  1. Dallas – Fort Worth International Airport, TX (47, 33.33%)
  2. Houston – George Bush Intercontinental Airport, TX (43, 30.50%)
  3. Atlanta International Airport (38, 26.95%)
  4. Springfield – Branson National Airport, MO (7, 4.96%)
  5. Denver International Airport, CO (2, 1.42%)
  6. Orlando International Airport, FL (2, 1.42%)
  7. Other (1.42%)

Top airlines (share of take-offs / landings)

  1. Air New Zealand (65, 8.60%)
  2. United Airlines (61, 8.07%)
  3. British Airways (54, 7.14%)
  4. Aeroméxico (54, 7.14%)
  5. KLM (53, 7.01%)
  6. Virgin Atlantic Airways (46, 6.08%)
  7. Copa Airlines (46, 6.08%)
  8. American Airlines (42, 5.56%)
  9. Gulf Air (38, 5.03%)
  10. Philippine Airlines (32, 4.23%)
  11. Other (35.06%)

Location
The airport is located south of downtown. The fastest way to get to the airport is via US Highway # 90.

Passengers arriving by train can take the Sunset Limited to the Lafayette Amtrak Station on East Grant Street and then take bus # 55 on the weekdays local transit company Lafayette Transit System right outside the departure terminal.