Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field in May 2025

71.2%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 399 domestic departures from Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field (BTR). 71.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.9% reached their destination on time; 4.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so BTR departures were 5.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 441 departures with 74.8% leaving on time: a change of −3.6 points, with flights down 10%.

Flights arriving at BTR that month were on time 64.3% of the time (400 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 22% and extreme weather 15%.

On time 69.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.6%
Cancelled 4.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	BTR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	71.2%	74.8%	79.0%	76.7%
Arrived on time	69.9%	71.4%	78.5%	75.4%
Cancelled	4.5%	2.7%	2.8%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.8 min	21.6 min	21.6 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	15	13	20,188
Scheduled departures	399	441	4,675	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	205	51%	65.9%	22.2 min	7.3%
MQ Envoy Air	99	25%	76.8%	9.0 min	3.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	65	16%	76.9%	3.7 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	30	8%	60.0%	37.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTR–DFW	Baton Rouge to Dallas/Fort Worth	186	66.1%	25.0 min	8.6%
BTR–CLT	Baton Rouge to Charlotte	92	72.8%	8.6 min	1.1%
BTR–ATL	Baton Rouge to Atlanta	66	77.3%	3.5 min	0.0%
BTR–IAH	Baton Rouge to Houston	29	58.6%	39.2 min	0.0%
BTR–DCA	Baton Rouge to Washington	26	80.8%	1.6 min	3.8%

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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	21.6%	29.3%	1,971
Late-arriving aircraft	51.1%	37.8%	4,674
National Aviation System	12.3%	25.9%	1,122
Extreme weather	14.5%	6.9%	1,323
Security	0.6%	0.1%	53

9,143 delay minutes on 102 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 May 2025?

71.2% of 399 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 74.8% of 441 departures left on time and 2.7% were cancelled, against 71.2% and 4.5% in May 2025.

Provenance

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