Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field in September 2024

80.6%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 403 domestic departures from Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field (BTR). 80.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.2% reached their destination on time; 2.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so BTR departures were 3.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 402 departures with 88.6% leaving on time: a change of −8.0 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at BTR that month were on time 76.2% of the time (403 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 79.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.1%
Cancelled 2.7%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	BTR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	80.6%	88.6%	79.0%	84.4%
Arrived on time	79.2%	86.3%	78.5%	83.9%
Cancelled	2.7%	0.0%	2.8%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.2 min	9.5 min	21.6 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	13	13	19,421
Scheduled departures	403	402	4,675	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	174	43%	75.3%	8.4 min	3.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	91	23%	83.5%	-2.0 min	1.1%
MQ Envoy Air	90	22%	81.1%	-2.5 min	3.3%
9E Endeavor Air	32	8%	78.1%	5.2 min	3.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	15	4%	93.3%	-6.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	1	0%	0.0%	40.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTR–DFW	Baton Rouge to Dallas/Fort Worth	152	81.6%	-4.3 min	3.3%
BTR–ATL	Baton Rouge to Atlanta	135	83.0%	-0.9 min	1.5%
BTR–CLT	Baton Rouge to Charlotte	89	68.5%	23.4 min	3.4%
BTR–DCA	Baton Rouge to Washington	26	84.6%	-7.5 min	3.8%
BTR–IAH	Baton Rouge to Houston	1	0.0%	40.0 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	30.7%	38.6%	1,447
Late-arriving aircraft	48.6%	38.4%	2,288
National Aviation System	14.5%	18.2%	683
Extreme weather	6.2%	4.8%	291
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,709 delay minutes on 73 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 September 2024?

80.6% of 403 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 88.6% of 402 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 80.6% and 2.7% in September 2024.

Provenance

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