Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field in November 2024

85.5%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 428 domestic departures from Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field (BTR). 85.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.2% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so BTR departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 393 departures with 87.5% leaving on time: a change of −2.0 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at BTR that month were on time 88.8% of the time (427 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 86.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.9%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	BTR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	85.5%	87.5%	79.0%	85.2%
Arrived on time	86.2%	87.0%	78.5%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.0%	2.8%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.6 min	9.4 min	21.6 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	13	13	19,180
Scheduled departures	428	393	4,675	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	134	31%	88.1%	-6.0 min	2.2%
OH PSA Airlines	128	30%	84.4%	-3.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	87	20%	85.1%	-0.2 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	40	9%	80.0%	8.2 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	39	9%	94.9%	-7.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTR–DFW	Baton Rouge to Dallas/Fort Worth	159	84.3%	-2.1 min	1.9%
BTR–ATL	Baton Rouge to Atlanta	127	88.2%	-2.3 min	0.0%
BTR–CLT	Baton Rouge to Charlotte	87	85.1%	-3.7 min	0.0%
BTR–IAH	Baton Rouge to Houston	31	83.9%	-0.3 min	0.0%
BTR–DCA	Baton Rouge to Washington	24	95.8%	-13.1 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.0%	36.9%	1,058
Late-arriving aircraft	26.4%	35.6%	755
National Aviation System	23.9%	21.9%	683
Extreme weather	12.8%	5.4%	367
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,863 delay minutes on 55 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 November 2024?

85.5% of 428 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 87.5% of 393 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 85.5% and 0.7% in November 2024.

Provenance

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