Lafayette Rgnl/Paul Fournet Field
LFT · KLFT · Lafayette, Louisiana · Lafayette County · map
Lafayette Rgnl/Paul Fournet Field is a public-use airport owned by the City Parish of Lafayette, 2 miles southeast of Lafayette, Louisiana, 41 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 04R/22L, is 8,000 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KLFT · observed 3:53 pm CDT (20:53 UTC), 27 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (070°) at 4 knots, gusting to 18
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 4,300 feet, scattered clouds at 5,000 feet
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 69°F (21°C)
- Altimeter 29.87 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:56 pm CDT (17:56 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 15,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm CDT (23:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KLFT 062053Z 07004G18KT 10SM FEW043 SCT050 30/21 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP113 T03000206 56024
TAF KLFT 061756Z 0618/0718 05008KT P6SM FEW150 FM062300 VRB04KT P6SM SCT250
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LFT · ICAO KLFT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City Parish of Lafayette
- Elevation
- 41 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 5:30 am to 10:30 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04R/22L | 8,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 11/29 | 5,403 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04L/22R | 4,098 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, pole 49 ft high 1,843 ft from the end
- Runway 22L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 342 ft, 7,659 ft available for landing, trees 57 ft high 1,066 ft from the end
- Runway 11: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 30 ft high 1,082 ft from the end
- Runway 29: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 248 ft, 5,155 ft available for landing, tree 49 ft high 1,878 ft from the end
- Runway 04L: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 27 ft high 996 ft from the end
- Runway 22R: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 54 ft high 2,364 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.5 | Lafayette |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Lft and automated weather (ASOS) | 134.05 | Lafayette |
| Clearance delivery When tower closed | 118.05 | Acadiana |
| Clearance delivery | 125.55 | Lafayette |
| Ground | 121.8 | Lafayette |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 020 to 210 | 121.1 | Lafayette |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 211 to 019 | 128.7 | Lafayette |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Lafayette |
| Lafayette and rco | 122.3 | Lafayette |
| Lafayette and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.35 | Lafayette |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 337-262-2757.
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Aircraft registered in Lafayette from the FAA register
269 aircraft are registered to owners in Lafayette, Louisiana: 127 piston singles, 95 helicopters, 18 business jets, 11 piston twins, 10 turboprops. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Louisiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 17 since 1982, 5 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Runway 11/29; runway 04L/22R and runway 04R/22L lighted distance remaining signs.
- Dusk to dawn. When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 22L - the common traffic frequency; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04L/22R not available.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 223 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 04R.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 300 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 11.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 380.7 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 22L.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 448 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 29.
- Runway 04L/22R not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. Runway closed 10:30 pm to 5:30 am.
- 155 feet oil rig 1 NM southeast of airport.
- Migratory birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Contact gnd control prior to push back from terminal.
- Use ctn tower blind spots on taxiway M east and west of taxiway east.
- Taxilane a and all parking ramps are NON-MOVEMENT areas.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.