Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field in September 2025

88.1%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 354 domestic departures from Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field (BTR). 88.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.3% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so BTR departures were 5.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 403 departures with 80.6% leaving on time: a change of +7.5 points, with flights down 12%.

Flights arriving at BTR that month were on time 85.0% of the time (354 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 41% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 87.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.9%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	BTR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	88.1%	80.6%	79.0%	83.1%
Arrived on time	87.3%	79.2%	78.5%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.6%	2.7%	2.8%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.1 min	13.2 min	21.6 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	13	13	18,748
Scheduled departures	354	403	4,675	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	228	64%	85.5%	6.6 min	0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	82	23%	92.7%	-2.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	35	10%	85.7%	4.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	9	3%	88.9%	-6.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTR–DFW	Baton Rouge to Dallas/Fort Worth	179	81.6%	14.0 min	0.6%
BTR–ATL	Baton Rouge to Atlanta	85	91.8%	-1.8 min	0.0%
BTR–CLT	Baton Rouge to Charlotte	58	93.1%	-10.8 min	1.7%
BTR–DCA	Baton Rouge to Washington	26	96.2%	-8.8 min	0.0%
BTR–IAH	Baton Rouge to Houston	6	100.0%	-20.3 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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	40.7%	34.3%	2,100
Late-arriving aircraft	42.4%	37.4%	2,188
National Aviation System	8.4%	22.6%	436
Extreme weather	8.4%	5.6%	436
Security	0.0%	0.1%	1

5,161 delay minutes on 42 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 September 2025?

88.1% of 354 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 80.6% of 403 departures left on time and 2.7% were cancelled, against 88.1% and 0.6% in September 2025.

Provenance

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