One Louisiana airport worked tirelessly with the help of local companies to clear runways to make sure flights could begin again after the airport was shuttered due to the massive winter storm that moved in Tuesday, January 21.

At 10:15 Thursday morning, officials announced that the first incoming flight successfully touched down at the airport.

While snow was forecast to enter our weather scene, no one could have predicted that on Tuesday, we were under a Blizzard Warning in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Officials at Lafayette Regional Airport kept the flights going at the airport as long as possible before around 9 inches of snow came down on the runways. Once the snow stopped in the late afternoon hours on Tuesday, the plans were already in the works on how to get everything reopened.

If you have a flight, or if you are working to reschedule a flight that was canceled, you should visit your airline carrier's website, contact them via telephone, or you can visit the website for Lafayette Regional Airport at lftairport.com.

Snow Plowing at LFT, Photo courtesy of Lafayette Regional Airport
Photo courtesy of Lafayette Regional Airport
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LFT crews worked constantly to get ice and snow removed from the runways so air travel could start up again. Officials from the airport had assistance from Elliot Construction LLC and Lemoine for their help. Elliot Construction provided equipment and Lemoine assisted the crew at the airport to get the taxiways and runways clear for travel.

This is what was posted on Lafayette Regional Airport's Facebook page on Wednesday, January 22 in earlier part of the day, later the airport was reopened.

Heavy equipment and experienced operators are clearing LFT’s runways and taxiways as we move to restore operations.

           LFT is still closed and we will post updates as the decision is            made to resume flight service as soon as possible.
          Please continue to check with your airline directly to rebook                your flight. We thank all of our passengers for your patience.

It was a massive undertaking, but the people were the job were dedicated to getting everything cleared up so normal operations could resume at the airport.

On Monday, the airport celebrated the third anniversary of the new terminal's opening.

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