Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field in August 2023

79.3%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 445 domestic departures from Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field (BTR). 79.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.0% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so BTR departures were 2.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BTR that month were on time 81.3% of the time (445 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 67%, late-arriving aircraft 23% and extreme weather 6%.

On time 80.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.2%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from BTR in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	BTR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	79.3%	—	79.0%	76.7%
Arrived on time	80.0%	—	78.5%	76.9%
Cancelled	1.3%	—	2.8%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	24.3 min	—	21.6 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	—	13	20,100
Scheduled departures	445	—	4,675	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	143	32%	78.3%	17.3 min	2.8%
OH PSA Airlines	139	31%	80.6%	10.2 min	0.7%
MQ Envoy Air	84	19%	85.7%	0.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	77	17%	76.6%	33.2 min	1.3%
YX Republic Airline	2	0%	50.0%	17.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTR–DFW	Baton Rouge to Dallas/Fort Worth	155	82.6%	14.6 min	1.3%
BTR–ATL	Baton Rouge to Atlanta	143	78.3%	17.3 min	2.8%
BTR–CLT	Baton Rouge to Charlotte	62	69.4%	15.8 min	0.0%
BTR–IAH	Baton Rouge to Houston	54	81.5%	14.9 min	0.0%
BTR–DCA	Baton Rouge to Washington	31	93.5%	-0.8 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	66.5%	36.7%	6,825
Late-arriving aircraft	22.9%	42.2%	2,348
National Aviation System	5.1%	15.7%	525
Extreme weather	5.5%	5.1%	566
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

10,264 delay minutes on 81 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left BTR on time in August 2023?

79.3% of 445 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for BTR · methodology · corrections.