Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field in July 2025

74.9%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 362 domestic departures from Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field (BTR). 74.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.0% reached their destination on time; 3.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so BTR departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 434 departures with 70.3% leaving on time: a change of +4.6 points, with flights down 17%.

Flights arriving at BTR that month were on time 68.8% of the time (362 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and extreme weather 12%.

On time 74.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.1%
Cancelled 3.6%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	BTR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	74.9%	70.3%	79.0%	69.7%
Arrived on time	74.0%	70.0%	78.5%	69.0%
Cancelled	3.6%	5.3%	2.8%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	27.3 min	24.9 min	21.6 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	15	13	21,048
Scheduled departures	362	434	4,675	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	188	52%	69.1%	27.1 min	5.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	84	23%	84.5%	3.2 min	1.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	63	17%	77.8%	12.4 min	1.6%
MQ Envoy Air	27	7%	66.7%	27.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTR–DFW	Baton Rouge to Dallas/Fort Worth	189	66.1%	20.4 min	4.2%
BTR–ATL	Baton Rouge to Atlanta	85	84.7%	3.0 min	1.2%
BTR–IAH	Baton Rouge to Houston	31	77.4%	22.6 min	0.0%
BTR–CLT	Baton Rouge to Charlotte	30	93.3%	-5.9 min	3.3%
BTR–DCA	Baton Rouge to Washington	27	70.4%	89.7 min	11.1%

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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	48.7%	31.1%	4,542
Late-arriving aircraft	29.0%	40.8%	2,706
National Aviation System	10.6%	20.7%	987
Extreme weather	11.7%	7.3%	1,090
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

9,325 delay minutes on 80 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 July 2025?

74.9% of 362 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 70.3% of 434 departures left on time and 5.3% were cancelled, against 74.9% and 3.6% in July 2025.

Provenance

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