Flying out of Lafayette

7:15 am

There's a flight at 610, 710, and 715am. I think if you get there by 615am you'll be good. If you go earlier, you'll likely be stuck in security for the first flight.

I've done an afternoon flight from there but you are correct no morning flights. In my mind this is a numbers game though.

The 6am flight is a CRJ700 with 65 seats (AA is booking all 65)
The 7am flight is an E145 with 50 seats (United is booking all 50)
The 715am flight is a CRJ900 with 76 seats (delta is booking up to 75%/ 57 seats)

So if OP gets there at 515am, he could potentially get stuck with all 172 people in line and he would have to wait longer until his flight. If he gets there by 6/615am, he is guaranteed to only have a maximum of 107 people in line.

Its obviously better during the pandemic.

Pre 2020, there were 6 flights between 6 and 7:30 with one slow TSA lane.

It became easier to take evening flights and overnight at airport hotels.

Thanks Cuse, nice breakdown

Might be a good idea to call ahead and find out what time security opens.

Does the airport still use the same tSA agent for regular and precheck?