Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field in November 2025

82.5%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 520 domestic departures from Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field (BTR). 82.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.3% reached their destination on time; 3.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so BTR departures were 4.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 428 departures with 85.5% leaving on time: a change of −3.0 points, with flights up 21%.

Flights arriving at BTR that month were on time 77.9% of the time (520 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 81.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.6%
Cancelled 3.1%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	BTR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	82.5%	85.5%	79.0%	78.1%
Arrived on time	81.3%	86.2%	78.5%	77.3%
Cancelled	3.1%	0.7%	2.8%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.3 min	7.6 min	21.6 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	14	13	19,018
Scheduled departures	520	428	4,675	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	242	47%	83.9%	6.9 min	2.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	151	29%	75.5%	13.9 min	3.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	100	19%	83.0%	-3.2 min	3.0%
MQ Envoy Air	27	5%	85.2%	2.7 min	3.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTR–DFW	Baton Rouge to Dallas/Fort Worth	161	76.4%	16.5 min	5.0%
BTR–IAH	Baton Rouge to Houston	129	76.7%	16.5 min	0.0%
BTR–ATL	Baton Rouge to Atlanta	122	80.3%	-3.6 min	6.6%
BTR–CLT	Baton Rouge to Charlotte	83	95.2%	-7.9 min	0.0%
BTR–DCA	Baton Rouge to Washington	24	95.8%	-6.8 min	0.0%
BTR–BHM	Baton Rouge to Birmingham	1	100.0%	-16.0 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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	30.6%	30.2%	2,712
Late-arriving aircraft	40.5%	38.3%	3,592
National Aviation System	16.7%	26.7%	1,479
Extreme weather	12.2%	4.6%	1,083
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

8,866 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 November 2025?

82.5% of 520 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 85.5% of 428 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 82.5% and 3.1% in November 2025.

Provenance

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