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LFT Meaning

LFT Airport Meaning

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LFT Meaning:

LFT stands for Lafayette Regional Airport


Located in Lafayette, Louisiana, LFT (Lafayette Regional Airport) is classified as a nonhub airport by the FAA. You can check out more of LFT's characteristics and attributes below, including its airport code, location indicator and location identifier.


Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT) Characteristics:

      City: Lafayette
      State: Louisiana
      FAA: Lafayette Regional Airport
      IATA: LFT
      ICAO: KLFT
      Role: P-N

The city and state are where the airport is located, although an airport is sometimes outside of the boundaries city in which it's listed.

The "FAA" refers to the airport's location identifier, which is assigned by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration).

The "IATA" refers to the airport code, which is assigned by the IATA (International Air Transport Association). Airports usually share the same FAA and IATA, though some do not.

The "ICAO" refers to the airport's location indicator, which assigned by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).


LFT is a commercial airport, and as such, is designated as a primary (P) airport by the FAA. All primary airports, inlcuding LFT, are grouped into four categories (hubs) by the FAA:

      P-N: Nonhub airport (has more than 10,000 annual enplanements, but less than 0.05% of total U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-S: Small hub airport (between 0.05% and 0.25% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-M: Medium hub airport (between 0.25 and 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-L: Large hub airport (at least 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)

LFT meaning is Lafayette Regional Airport.

Lafayette Regional Airport can be abbreviated as LFT.

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