Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field in February 2026

80.3%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 325 domestic departures from Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field (BTR). 80.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.3% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so BTR departures were 2.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 298 departures with 71.8% leaving on time: a change of +8.5 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at BTR that month were on time 79.9% of the time (324 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 80.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.2%
Cancelled 2.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	BTR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	80.3%	71.8%	79.0%	78.1%
Arrived on time	80.3%	72.5%	78.5%	78.3%
Cancelled	2.5%	2.3%	2.8%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.8 min	20.7 min	21.6 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	10	13	17,168
Scheduled departures	325	298	4,675	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	183	56%	73.8%	6.5 min	4.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	67	21%	92.5%	-5.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	39	12%	84.6%	1.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	35	11%	85.7%	0.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	1	0%	100.0%	-17.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTR–DFW	Baton Rouge to Dallas/Fort Worth	149	78.5%	3.3 min	3.4%
BTR–ATL	Baton Rouge to Atlanta	67	92.5%	-5.3 min	0.0%
BTR–CLT	Baton Rouge to Charlotte	48	68.8%	14.1 min	2.1%
BTR–IAH	Baton Rouge to Houston	36	88.9%	-10.2 min	0.0%
BTR–DCA	Baton Rouge to Washington	25	68.0%	19.2 min	8.0%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	49.1%	38.2%	2,204
Late-arriving aircraft	31.0%	37.2%	1,390
National Aviation System	11.7%	18.5%	525
Extreme weather	8.2%	6.0%	368
Security	0.0%	0.2%	1

4,488 delay minutes on 56 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 February 2026?

80.3% of 325 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 71.8% of 298 departures left on time and 2.3% were cancelled, against 80.3% and 2.5% in February 2026.

Provenance

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