Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field in July 2026

76.5%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 361 domestic departures from Baton Rouge Metropolitan/Ryan Field (BTR). 76.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.3% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so BTR departures were 7.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 362 departures with 74.9% leaving on time: a change of +1.6 points, with flights down 0%.

Flights arriving at BTR that month were on time 69.2% of the time (360 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 61%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 77.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.8%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	BTR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	76.5%	74.9%	79.0%	68.8%
Arrived on time	77.3%	74.0%	78.5%	69.4%
Cancelled	1.4%	3.6%	2.8%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	30.9 min	27.3 min	21.6 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	12	13	21,066
Scheduled departures	361	362	4,675	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	142	39%	86.6%	3.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	107	30%	75.7%	15.0 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	94	26%	68.1%	45.7 min	4.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	18	5%	61.1%	32.6 min	5.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BTR–DFW	Baton Rouge to Dallas/Fort Worth	171	82.5%	8.3 min	0.6%
BTR–ATL	Baton Rouge to Atlanta	107	75.7%	15.0 min	0.0%
BTR–CLT	Baton Rouge to Charlotte	56	62.5%	53.0 min	3.6%
BTR–DCA	Baton Rouge to Washington	27	81.5%	36.8 min	7.4%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	60.7%	31.7%	6,320
Late-arriving aircraft	26.2%	41.8%	2,734
National Aviation System	8.8%	19.9%	912
Extreme weather	4.4%	6.5%	454
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

10,420 delay minutes on 75 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 July 2026?

76.5% of 361 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 74.9% of 362 departures left on time and 3.6% were cancelled, against 76.5% and 1.4% in July 2026.

Provenance

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