Lafayette Airport is located in Southwest Louisiana. Its IATA code is LFT. It’s safe and clean, offering 30 minutes parking free, free WiFi and also a business centre. It links Southwest Louisiana with the rest of the world. It offers daily non stop flights to the major hubs in the US like Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Memphis. Airlines serving Lafayette include Delta, Continental, American and Mesaba. In 2005, the FAA had recognised Lafayette with Airport of the Year award.
Lafayette airport serves around 600,000 residents of city of Lafayette and surrounding parishes. The airport in Lafayette was dedicated on 29th of November 1930. The first commercial service was started by Eastern Airlines. It had a humble beginning as a wooden hangar and has evolved into a modern state of the art airport providing high quality services to businesses and travellers. Lafayette provides economy, daily and hourly parking. Parking is free if a vehicle is exiting within 30 minutes. The airport organises one hour airport tours for children aged 5 and above for free. Every year on the 19th of October it celebrates annual aviation fun day by organising activities for children.
Lafayette Airport is well connected to the city of Lafayette through Airport shuttle, taxis and limo services. The city is famous for its architecture and religious roots. Few tourist attractions of Lafayette are St. John’s Cathedral, First Baptist Church, Riverside Church, Acadian Village, Cypress Lake and Girard Park.
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