Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field in March 2026

74.7%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 376 domestic departures from Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field (BTR). 74.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.2% reached their destination on time; 4.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so BTR departures were 1.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 338 departures with 74.3% leaving on time: a change of +0.4 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at BTR that month were on time 74.5% of the time (377 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 31% and extreme weather 13%.

On time 74.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.7%
Cancelled 4.8%
Diverted 1.3%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	BTR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	74.7%	74.3%	79.0%	72.8%
Arrived on time	74.2%	76.3%	78.5%	73.2%
Cancelled	4.8%	1.8%	2.8%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	25.6 min	21.2 min	21.6 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	11	13	20,403
Scheduled departures	376	338	4,675	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	201	53%	67.2%	20.8 min	7.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	83	22%	81.9%	2.4 min	2.4%
MQ Envoy Air	54	14%	92.6%	3.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	38	10%	68.4%	13.1 min	2.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTR–DFW	Baton Rouge to Dallas/Fort Worth	172	75.0%	14.2 min	6.4%
BTR–ATL	Baton Rouge to Atlanta	83	81.9%	2.4 min	2.4%
BTR–CLT	Baton Rouge to Charlotte	62	66.1%	28.6 min	1.6%
BTR–IAH	Baton Rouge to Houston	32	68.8%	14.5 min	3.1%
BTR–DCA	Baton Rouge to Washington	27	70.4%	0.7 min	11.1%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	30.6%	33.5%	2,449
Late-arriving aircraft	47.4%	39.3%	3,794
National Aviation System	9.1%	21.0%	730
Extreme weather	12.9%	5.9%	1,032
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

8,005 delay minutes on 74 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 March 2026?

74.7% of 376 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 74.3% of 338 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 74.7% and 4.8% in March 2026.

Provenance

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