Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field in April 2025

74.7%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 372 domestic departures from Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field (BTR). 74.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.3% reached their destination on time; 2.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so BTR departures were 5.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 428 departures with 78.5% leaving on time: a change of −3.8 points, with flights down 13%.

Flights arriving at BTR that month were on time 74.9% of the time (371 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 75.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.3%
Cancelled 2.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	BTR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	74.7%	78.5%	79.0%	80.6%
Arrived on time	75.3%	76.9%	78.5%	79.5%
Cancelled	2.4%	1.6%	2.8%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.4 min	21.6 min	21.6 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	14	13	19,465
Scheduled departures	372	428	4,675	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	143	38%	77.6%	10.8 min	2.8%
OH PSA Airlines	139	37%	72.7%	13.1 min	2.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	61	16%	77.0%	18.4 min	1.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	29	8%	72.4%	34.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTR–DFW	Baton Rouge to Dallas/Fort Worth	176	73.3%	16.3 min	3.4%
BTR–CLT	Baton Rouge to Charlotte	83	77.1%	8.8 min	0.0%
BTR–ATL	Baton Rouge to Atlanta	61	77.0%	18.4 min	1.6%
BTR–DCA	Baton Rouge to Washington	26	76.9%	0.7 min	7.7%
BTR–IAH	Baton Rouge to Houston	26	76.9%	28.8 min	0.0%

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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	36.1%	32.7%	2,816
Late-arriving aircraft	39.7%	39.4%	3,096
National Aviation System	16.0%	22.2%	1,249
Extreme weather	8.3%	5.5%	644
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

7,805 delay minutes on 83 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 April 2025?

74.7% of 372 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 78.5% of 428 departures left on time and 1.6% were cancelled, against 74.7% and 2.4% in April 2025.

Provenance

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