Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field in July 2024

70.3%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 434 domestic departures from Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field (BTR). 70.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.0% reached their destination on time; 5.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so BTR departures were 1.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BTR that month were on time 61.1% of the time (434 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 42% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 70.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.2%
Cancelled 5.3%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	BTR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	70.3%	—	79.0%	68.5%
Arrived on time	70.0%	—	78.5%	68.1%
Cancelled	5.3%	—	2.8%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	24.9 min	—	21.6 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	—	13	21,154
Scheduled departures	434	—	4,675	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	203	47%	70.9%	19.8 min	3.9%
MQ Envoy Air	88	20%	68.2%	15.4 min	2.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	86	20%	69.8%	15.0 min	11.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	38	9%	71.1%	21.7 min	2.6%
9E Endeavor Air	19	4%	68.4%	3.3 min	10.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTR–DFW	Baton Rouge to Dallas/Fort Worth	182	69.8%	19.6 min	3.3%
BTR–ATL	Baton Rouge to Atlanta	136	69.9%	14.8 min	9.6%
BTR–CLT	Baton Rouge to Charlotte	86	67.4%	19.3 min	3.5%
BTR–DCA	Baton Rouge to Washington	26	84.6%	3.9 min	3.8%
BTR–IAH	Baton Rouge to Houston	4	50.0%	56.3 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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	45.0%	36.6%	4,368
Late-arriving aircraft	41.9%	42.7%	4,065
National Aviation System	7.7%	16.0%	745
Extreme weather	5.5%	4.6%	531
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

9,709 delay minutes on 105 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 July 2024?

70.3% of 434 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.