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Lafayette Regional airport (United State)
Lafayette Regional airport is located near Lafayette, with Walroy at 1mi↑, Lafayette at 2mi↑, Broussard at 4mi↑, Lafayette Parish at 5mi↑, Scott at 7mi↑, Breaux Bridge at 7mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in United State and Southernmost airports in United State
→ See also airports in United State
aerial view of Lafayette Regional airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : KLFT
- IATA code : LFT
- Local code : -
Elevation : 13 m = 43ft
→ See also Highest airports in USA and Lowest airports in United State
Runways
- runway 04R/22L : 2332m = 7651ft
- runway 11/29 : 1646m = 5400ft
- runway 04L/22R : 1249m = 4098ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in United State
Coming to Lafayette Regional airport
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By train : book on Trip.com
- Lafayette, LA train station at 2mi
- New Iberia, LA train station at 17mi
By plane :
- Lafayette Regional airport at 0mi : book on Iberia
- Acadiana Regional airport at 13mi : book on Trip.com
- Eunice airport at 32mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Lafayette Regional airport KLFT LFT
METAR for Lafayette Regional airport KLFT LFT
KLFT 122053Z 16007G15KT 10SM SCT050 33/21 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP176 T03280206 56012
Decoded METAR for Lafayette Regional airport KLFT LFT
METAR issued by KLFT on Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 20:53 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 23 hours and 58 minutes ago.
visibility is 16km = 10sm.
The temperature is 33°C = 91°F, dew point is 21°C = 70°F. The air is moderately humid : relative air humidity is 49 %.
QNH is 1018hPa = 30.05inHg
Wind 13km/h = 7kt with gusts at 28km/h = 15kt, direction is 160°.
Clouds : scattered clouds at 5000ft = 1520m.
Remarks : automatic station with precipitation sensor Sea Level Pressure SLP=176 T03280206 56012
TAF for Lafayette Regional airport KLFT LFT
KLFT 121730Z 1218/1318 16004KT P6SM VCTS SCT035CB BKN200 TEMPO 1220/1224 18010G20KT 4SM -TSRA BKN025CB FM130200 19005KT P6SM BKN200 FM131200 19006KT P6SM BKN250 PROB30 1316/1318 4SM TSRA BR BKN180CB
Decoded TAF for Lafayette Regional airport KLFT LFT
TAF issued by KLFT on Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 17:30 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 1 days and 3 hours and 21 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Saturday, July 12, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Saturday, July 12, 2025 à 02:00 heure UTC
1218/1318 16004KT P6SM VCTS SCT035CB BKN200
wind 4kt = 7km/h, direction is 160°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
in vicinity thunderstorm
scattered clouds at 3500ft = 1070m broken at 20000ft = 6100m
temporarily from Saturday, July 12, 2025 à 20:00 heure TU to Saturday, July 12, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1220/1224 18010G20KT 4SM -TSRA BKN025CB
wind 10kt = 19km/h with gusts at 20kt = 37km/h, direction is 180°
Visibility is 6km = 4sm.
light intensity thunderstorm rain
broken at 2500ft = 760m
from Saturday, July 12, 2025 à 02:00 heure TU to Sunday, July 13, 2025 à 12:00 heure UTC
FM130200 19005KT P6SM BKN200
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is 190°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
broken at 20000ft = 6100m
from Sunday, July 13, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Sunday, July 13, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
FM131200 19006KT P6SM BKN250
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is 190°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
broken at 25000ft = 7620m
probability of 30% to have from Sunday, July 13, 2025 à 16:00 heure TU to Sunday, July 13, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
PROB30 1316/1318 4SM TSRA BR BKN180CB
Visibility is 6km = 4sm.
thunderstorm rain
mist
broken at 18000ft = 5490m
NOTAM for Lafayette Regional airport
Around Lafayette Regional airport (United State)
near
- Hotels in Walroy
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 1163mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 1244mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 4781mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 4823mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 4823mi↑
- Aquarium de Donostia-San Sebastián (San Sebastian) at 4823mi↑
- Hotel de Londres y de Inglaterra (San Sebastian) at 4823mi↑
- San Sebastian at 4824mi↑
- Eureka! Zientzia Museoa (San Sebastiàn) at 4824mi↑
- Saint-Jean-de-Luz at 4836mi↑
- Hôtel Txoko (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 4836mi↑
- Grand Hôtel Thalasso & Spa (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 4836mi↑
- for Lafayette Regional airport at 0mi↑
- for La Haye Center airport at 2mi↑
- for Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center airport at 2mi↑
nearest airports to Lafayette Regional airport (United State)
- La Haye Center heliport ( 4LA5) at 2mi↑
- Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center heliport ( 76LA) at 2mi↑
- Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital heliport ( 69LA) at 3mi↑defunct airport
- Our Lady of Lourdes Heart Hospital heliport ( 33LS) at 3mi↑
- Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics heliport ( US-4971) at 4mi↑
- Rotorcraft heliport ( 30LS) at 4mi↑
- Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center heliport ( 48LS) at 5mi↑
- Heli-Air Inc. heliport ( 26LA) at 5mi↑
- Spillers Club airport ( LA76) at 5mi↑
- Womens's and Children's Hospital heliport ( LS23) at 5mi↑
→ See also Former airports in United State
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap