Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field in May 2026

75.1%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 366 domestic departures from Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field (BTR). 75.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.6% reached their destination on time; 3.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so BTR departures were 2.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 399 departures with 71.2% leaving on time: a change of +3.9 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at BTR that month were on time 73.3% of the time (367 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 41% and extreme weather 11%.

On time 74.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.0%
Cancelled 3.8%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	BTR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	75.1%	71.2%	79.0%	77.1%
Arrived on time	74.6%	69.9%	78.5%	77.6%
Cancelled	3.8%	4.5%	2.8%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	30.2 min	23.8 min	21.6 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	13	13	20,391
Scheduled departures	366	399	4,675	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	187	51%	71.7%	23.2 min	3.7%
MQ Envoy Air	94	26%	76.6%	17.7 min	3.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	67	18%	80.6%	8.8 min	3.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	18	5%	72.2%	5.6 min	11.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTR–DFW	Baton Rouge to Dallas/Fort Worth	182	73.1%	16.2 min	5.5%
BTR–CLT	Baton Rouge to Charlotte	79	67.1%	46.2 min	0.0%
BTR–ATL	Baton Rouge to Atlanta	67	80.6%	8.8 min	3.0%
BTR–DCA	Baton Rouge to Washington	29	89.7%	-17.6 min	3.4%
BTR–IAH	Baton Rouge to Houston	9	77.8%	-8.0 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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	41.1%	33.0%	4,173
Late-arriving aircraft	41.6%	40.4%	4,221
National Aviation System	6.4%	20.5%	647
Extreme weather	10.9%	6.0%	1,101
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

10,142 delay minutes on 77 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 May 2026?

75.1% of 366 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 71.2% of 399 departures left on time and 4.5% were cancelled, against 75.1% and 3.8% in May 2026.

Provenance

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