Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field in August 2024

82.8%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 413 domestic departures from Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field (BTR). 82.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.8% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so BTR departures were 7.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 445 departures with 79.3% leaving on time: a change of +3.5 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at BTR that month were on time 80.8% of the time (412 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 25% and extreme weather 12%.

On time 82.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.0%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	BTR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	82.8%	79.3%	79.0%	75.4%
Arrived on time	82.8%	80.0%	78.5%	74.7%
Cancelled	1.0%	1.3%	2.8%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.1 min	24.3 min	21.6 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	15	13	20,634
Scheduled departures	413	445	4,675	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	178	43%	76.4%	5.0 min	2.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	91	22%	85.7%	-0.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	72	17%	90.3%	-2.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	52	13%	84.6%	-1.7 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	19	5%	94.7%	-8.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	1	0%	100.0%	10.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTR–DFW	Baton Rouge to Dallas/Fort Worth	154	84.4%	-2.1 min	0.0%
BTR–ATL	Baton Rouge to Atlanta	139	89.9%	-2.6 min	0.0%
BTR–CLT	Baton Rouge to Charlotte	85	63.5%	15.1 min	4.7%
BTR–DCA	Baton Rouge to Washington	26	96.2%	-4.7 min	0.0%
BTR–IAH	Baton Rouge to Houston	6	100.0%	-12.0 min	0.0%
BTR–LAS	Baton Rouge to Las Vegas	3	66.7%	26.0 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	25.3%	33.8%	998
Late-arriving aircraft	51.3%	39.8%	2,024
National Aviation System	10.2%	20.4%	404
Extreme weather	12.2%	5.9%	481
Security	1.0%	0.1%	39

3,946 delay minutes on 66 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 2024?

82.8% of 413 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 79.3% of 445 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 82.8% and 1.0% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.