Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field in January 2026

78.1%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 360 domestic departures from Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field (BTR). 78.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.5% reached their destination on time; 8.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so BTR departures were 2.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 355 departures with 69.0% leaving on time: a change of +9.1 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at BTR that month were on time 77.3% of the time (362 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 38% and extreme weather 13%.

On time 77.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.9%
Cancelled 8.6%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from BTR in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	BTR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	78.1%	69.0%	79.0%	75.6%
Arrived on time	77.5%	71.8%	78.5%	75.3%
Cancelled	8.6%	11.8%	2.8%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.4 min	18.1 min	21.6 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	12	13	18,133
Scheduled departures	360	355	4,675	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	215	60%	73.5%	0.8 min	11.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	77	21%	83.1%	2.7 min	5.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	40	11%	82.5%	-6.4 min	5.0%
MQ Envoy Air	27	8%	88.9%	-1.2 min	3.7%
UA United Airlines	1	0%	0.0%	18.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTR–DFW	Baton Rouge to Dallas/Fort Worth	152	78.9%	1.5 min	8.6%
BTR–ATL	Baton Rouge to Atlanta	77	83.1%	2.7 min	5.2%
BTR–CLT	Baton Rouge to Charlotte	64	70.3%	-8.1 min	14.1%
BTR–IAH	Baton Rouge to Houston	40	82.5%	-6.4 min	5.0%
BTR–DCA	Baton Rouge to Washington	27	63.0%	15.6 min	11.1%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	38.2%	37.3%	1,591
Late-arriving aircraft	39.4%	35.0%	1,643
National Aviation System	9.7%	18.0%	403
Extreme weather	12.7%	9.6%	529
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,166 delay minutes on 50 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 January 2026?

78.1% of 360 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 69.0% of 355 departures left on time and 11.8% were cancelled, against 78.1% and 8.6% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.