Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field in January 2025

69.0%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 355 domestic departures from Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field (BTR). 69.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.8% reached their destination on time; 11.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so BTR departures were 10.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 385 departures with 70.4% leaving on time: a change of −1.4 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at BTR that month were on time 66.7% of the time (357 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, late-arriving aircraft 23% and extreme weather 15%.

On time 71.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.3%
Cancelled 11.8%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from BTR in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	BTR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	69.0%	70.4%	79.0%	79.3%
Arrived on time	71.8%	68.8%	78.5%	78.6%
Cancelled	11.8%	4.2%	2.8%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.1 min	25.7 min	21.6 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	13	13	17,992
Scheduled departures	355	385	4,675	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	106	30%	69.8%	12.4 min	9.4%
MQ Envoy Air	103	29%	76.7%	-1.8 min	11.7%
OH PSA Airlines	91	26%	70.3%	8.9 min	13.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	53	15%	69.8%	14.9 min	13.2%
UA United Airlines	2	1%	50.0%	14.0 min	50.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTR–DFW	Baton Rouge to Dallas/Fort Worth	151	72.8%	6.9 min	11.9%
BTR–CLT	Baton Rouge to Charlotte	68	75.0%	4.6 min	8.8%
BTR–IAH	Baton Rouge to Houston	60	68.3%	12.6 min	8.3%
BTR–ATL	Baton Rouge to Atlanta	53	69.8%	14.9 min	13.2%
BTR–DCA	Baton Rouge to Washington	23	69.6%	-8.5 min	26.1%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	48.3%	36.2%	2,499
Late-arriving aircraft	23.0%	34.7%	1,193
National Aviation System	13.3%	19.9%	690
Extreme weather	15.1%	9.1%	779
Security	0.3%	0.2%	15

5,176 delay minutes on 58 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 January 2025?

69.0% of 355 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 70.4% of 385 departures left on time and 4.2% were cancelled, against 69.0% and 11.8% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.