Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field in October 2024

89.3%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 428 domestic departures from Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field (BTR). 89.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.3% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so BTR departures were 3.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 400 departures with 83.5% leaving on time: a change of +5.8 points, with flights up 7%.

Flights arriving at BTR that month were on time 89.0% of the time (429 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 66%, late-arriving aircraft 23% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 89.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.7%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	BTR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	89.3%	83.5%	79.0%	85.5%
Arrived on time	89.3%	84.3%	78.5%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	1.3%	2.8%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.7 min	9.7 min	21.6 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	13	13	20,517
Scheduled departures	428	400	4,675	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	153	36%	83.0%	2.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	89	21%	95.5%	-7.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	72	17%	84.7%	11.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	14%	98.3%	-13.8 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	54	13%	92.6%	-7.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTR–DFW	Baton Rouge to Dallas/Fort Worth	175	92.6%	-5.3 min	0.0%
BTR–ATL	Baton Rouge to Atlanta	132	93.2%	-6.6 min	0.0%
BTR–CLT	Baton Rouge to Charlotte	89	76.4%	10.8 min	0.0%
BTR–DCA	Baton Rouge to Washington	27	92.6%	3.4 min	0.0%
BTR–IAH	Baton Rouge to Houston	5	80.0%	16.0 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	66.4%	42.7%	2,562
Late-arriving aircraft	23.2%	37.4%	895
National Aviation System	10.1%	16.3%	390
Extreme weather	0.3%	3.4%	13
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,860 delay minutes on 46 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 October 2024?

89.3% of 428 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 83.5% of 400 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 89.3% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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