ATL to LFT: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Atlanta to Lafayette?

The great-circle distance between Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) and Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT) is 809 km (503 mi, 437 nautical miles). That is the straight-line distance; a real flight is a little longer because of air-traffic routing.

How long is the flight from ATL to LFT?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 1h 30m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. LFT is roughly southwest of ATL.

How is the ATL to LFT route written in code?

The pair is written ATL-LFT in IATA codes and KATL-KLFT in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport is ATL (KATL), Lafayette Regional Airport is LFT (KLFT).

Both ICAO codes start with K, the prefix ICAO assigns to the contiguous United States, so this is a route inside one ICAO region. How ICAO prefixes are laid out.

LFT sits 984 ft (300 m) lower than ATL, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying ATL to LFT

No carrier is listed as operating this pair in the open route dataset. It appears only as a codeshare, sold by AF, DL, KLon another airline's aircraft.

Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on 3 July 2026. It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.

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