Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field in February 2024

87.6%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 386 domestic departures from Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field (BTR). 87.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.5% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so BTR departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BTR that month were on time 89.6% of the time (386 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 85.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.0%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from BTR in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	BTR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	87.6%	—	79.0%	84.0%
Arrived on time	85.5%	—	78.5%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	2.8%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.5 min	—	21.6 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	—	13	17,307
Scheduled departures	386	—	4,675	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	138	36%	84.1%	4.0 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	101	26%	94.1%	2.9 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	94	24%	80.9%	4.1 min	1.1%
MQ Envoy Air	50	13%	80.0%	15.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	3	1%	100.0%	-4.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTR–DFW	Baton Rouge to Dallas/Fort Worth	137	81.0%	10.2 min	0.0%
BTR–ATL	Baton Rouge to Atlanta	104	94.2%	2.7 min	0.0%
BTR–CLT	Baton Rouge to Charlotte	58	81.0%	3.3 min	0.0%
BTR–IAH	Baton Rouge to Houston	58	81.0%	1.9 min	1.7%
BTR–DCA	Baton Rouge to Washington	29	93.1%	1.2 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	55.1%	35.9%	2,829
Late-arriving aircraft	34.2%	36.9%	1,757
National Aviation System	8.5%	21.7%	437
Extreme weather	2.1%	5.3%	110
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

5,133 delay minutes on 54 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 February 2024?

87.6% of 386 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.