Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field in February 2025

71.8%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 298 domestic departures from Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field (BTR). 71.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.5% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so BTR departures were 7.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 386 departures with 87.6% leaving on time: a change of −15.8 points, with flights down 23%.

Flights arriving at BTR that month were on time 68.8% of the time (298 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 72.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.8%
Cancelled 2.3%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	BTR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	71.8%	87.6%	79.0%	79.2%
Arrived on time	72.5%	85.5%	78.5%	77.9%
Cancelled	2.3%	0.3%	2.8%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.7 min	13.5 min	21.6 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	13	13	16,830
Scheduled departures	298	386	4,675	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	103	35%	60.2%	25.5 min	5.8%
MQ Envoy Air	73	24%	86.3%	-0.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	63	21%	65.1%	15.2 min	1.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	59	20%	84.7%	1.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTR–DFW	Baton Rouge to Dallas/Fort Worth	128	68.8%	16.1 min	2.3%
BTR–ATL	Baton Rouge to Atlanta	59	84.7%	1.3 min	0.0%
BTR–CLT	Baton Rouge to Charlotte	56	66.1%	18.2 min	3.6%
BTR–IAH	Baton Rouge to Houston	31	80.6%	4.6 min	0.0%
BTR–DCA	Baton Rouge to Washington	24	66.7%	10.7 min	8.3%

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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	33.1%	33.9%	1,863
Late-arriving aircraft	49.5%	36.9%	2,786
National Aviation System	13.6%	22.5%	765
Extreme weather	3.4%	6.6%	191
Security	0.5%	0.1%	26

5,631 delay minutes on 74 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 February 2025?

71.8% of 298 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 87.6% of 386 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 71.8% and 2.3% in February 2025.

Provenance

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