Lafayette: facts

At a glance

• Country: United States
• Region: Louisiana
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 121,374
• Coordinates: 30.2241° N, 92.0198° W
• Time zone: America/Chicago (UTC-06:00 standard, UTC-05:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Dollar (USD)
• Distance to the capital, Washington: 1,673 km (1,040 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT): 3.7 km (2.3 mi), straight line
• Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR): 90 km (56 mi), straight line
• Lake Charles Regional Airport (LCH): 116 km (72 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Saint Martinville: 21 km (13 mi)
• Abbeville: 30 km (19 mi)
• New Iberia: 31 km (19 mi)
• Crowley: 34 km (21 mi)
• Opelousas: 35 km (22 mi)