Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field in August 2025

75.4%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 349 domestic departures from Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field (BTR). 75.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.1% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so BTR departures were 1.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 413 departures with 82.8% leaving on time: a change of −7.4 points, with flights down 15%.

Flights arriving at BTR that month were on time 72.2% of the time (349 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 39% and extreme weather 13%.

On time 75.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.2%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	BTR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	75.4%	82.8%	79.0%	76.8%
Arrived on time	75.1%	82.8%	78.5%	76.3%
Cancelled	1.7%	1.0%	2.8%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	24.6 min	11.1 min	21.6 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	14	13	20,079
Scheduled departures	349	413	4,675	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	233	67%	70.8%	23.0 min	2.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	86	25%	89.5%	-3.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	26	7%	69.2%	6.2 min	3.8%
MQ Envoy Air	4	1%	50.0%	54.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTR–DFW	Baton Rouge to Dallas/Fort Worth	187	65.8%	32.4 min	2.7%
BTR–ATL	Baton Rouge to Atlanta	88	89.8%	-3.8 min	0.0%
BTR–CLT	Baton Rouge to Charlotte	30	86.7%	-5.7 min	0.0%
BTR–DCA	Baton Rouge to Washington	26	84.6%	-9.3 min	3.8%
BTR–IAH	Baton Rouge to Houston	18	66.7%	8.8 min	0.0%

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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	40.6%	33.1%	3,341
Late-arriving aircraft	39.3%	40.5%	3,238
National Aviation System	6.8%	19.2%	564
Extreme weather	13.3%	7.0%	1,094
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

8,237 delay minutes on 81 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 August 2025?

75.4% of 349 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 82.8% of 413 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 75.4% and 1.7% in August 2025.

Provenance

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