Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field in December 2025

74.3%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 421 domestic departures from Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field (BTR). 74.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.5% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so BTR departures were 2.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 371 departures with 77.1% leaving on time: a change of −2.8 points, with flights up 13%.

Flights arriving at BTR that month were on time 72.2% of the time (417 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 7%.

On time 75.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.5%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	BTR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	74.3%	77.1%	79.0%	72.0%
Arrived on time	75.5%	76.3%	78.5%	71.9%
Cancelled	1.0%	1.9%	2.8%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	25.0 min	20.4 min	21.6 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	12	13	19,410
Scheduled departures	421	371	4,675	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	228	54%	71.5%	21.2 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	104	25%	82.7%	2.5 min	1.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	58	14%	72.4%	9.5 min	1.7%
MQ Envoy Air	31	7%	87.1%	4.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTR–DFW	Baton Rouge to Dallas/Fort Worth	160	71.3%	25.4 min	0.6%
BTR–ATL	Baton Rouge to Atlanta	125	82.4%	2.6 min	2.4%
BTR–CLT	Baton Rouge to Charlotte	84	75.0%	11.0 min	0.0%
BTR–IAH	Baton Rouge to Houston	37	67.6%	12.8 min	0.0%
BTR–DCA	Baton Rouge to Washington	15	86.7%	-1.9 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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	35.0%	33.3%	3,303
Late-arriving aircraft	53.2%	41.1%	5,012
National Aviation System	7.1%	19.1%	672
Extreme weather	4.7%	6.4%	442
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

9,429 delay minutes on 99 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 December 2025?

74.3% of 421 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 77.1% of 371 departures left on time and 1.9% were cancelled, against 74.3% and 1.0% in December 2025.

Provenance

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