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
IATA: LFT ICAO: KLFT FAA LID: LFT
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City & Parish of Lafayette
Operator	Lafayette Airport Commission
Serves	Lafayette, Louisiana
Location	Lafayette Parish, near Lafayette, Louisiana
Elevation AMSL	42 ft / 13 m
Coordinates	30°12′19″N 91°59′15″W / 30.20528°N 91.98750°W / 30.20528; -91.98750
Website	www.LFTairport.com
Map
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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 aircraft 138
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).