Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field in April 2026

80.6%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 443 domestic departures from Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field (BTR). 80.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.2% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so BTR departures were 1.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 372 departures with 74.7% leaving on time: a change of +5.9 points, with flights up 19%.

Flights arriving at BTR that month were on time 78.1% of the time (442 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 79.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.0%
Cancelled 1.6%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	BTR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	80.6%	74.7%	79.0%	79.1%
Arrived on time	79.2%	75.3%	78.5%	78.9%
Cancelled	1.6%	2.4%	2.8%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	25.4 min	21.4 min	21.6 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	12	13	19,931
Scheduled departures	443	372	4,675	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	207	47%	78.3%	21.6 min	2.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	80	18%	91.3%	2.3 min	2.5%
MQ Envoy Air	79	18%	78.5%	12.7 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	77	17%	70.1%	13.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTR–DFW	Baton Rouge to Dallas/Fort Worth	177	72.9%	24.5 min	2.8%
BTR–ATL	Baton Rouge to Atlanta	80	91.3%	2.3 min	2.5%
BTR–CLT	Baton Rouge to Charlotte	80	88.8%	-4.7 min	0.0%
BTR–IAH	Baton Rouge to Houston	77	70.1%	13.8 min	0.0%
BTR–DCA	Baton Rouge to Washington	29	82.8%	52.8 min	0.0%

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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	47.0%	33.5%	5,156
Late-arriving aircraft	33.5%	40.4%	3,677
National Aviation System	14.1%	21.0%	1,551
Extreme weather	5.3%	5.0%	586
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

10,970 delay minutes on 84 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 April 2026?

80.6% of 443 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 74.7% of 372 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 80.6% and 1.6% in April 2026.

Provenance

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