Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR) delays & on-time performance
Baton Rouge, Louisiana · 7 nonstop destinations · 5 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at BTR right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
81%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.8%
131 flights
Avg arrival delay
21 min
109 min when late
Departed on time
81%
avg taxi-out 16 min
Figures cover 4,675 departures from BTR; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into BTR were on time 79% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR) arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 2.8% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (86% on time); SkyWest Airlines was the least (77%).
- Departures scheduled around 8am did best (95% on time); around 6pm did worst (68%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (40%).
Most delayed routes from BTR
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- IAH · Houston77%438 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth79%2,081 flts
- CLT · Charlotte80%766 flts
- ATL · Atlanta86%1,080 flts
Most reliable routes from BTR
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ATL · Atlanta86%1,080 flts
- CLT · Charlotte80%766 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth79%2,081 flts
- IAH · Houston77%438 flts
Best airline at BTR
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 86% | 1.6% | 15 min | 1 | 1,031 |
| Envoy Air | 83% | 1.4% | 18 min | 4 | 729 |
| PSA Airlines | 79% | 3.7% | 26 min | 3 | 2,354 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 77% | 3.0% | 19 min | 4 | 559 |
| United Airlines | 50% | 0.0% | 9 min | 2 | 2 |
Best time to fly out of BTR
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am86%288 flts
- 6am89%787 flts
- 7am84%496 flts
- 8am95%107 flts
- 9am90%59 flts
- 10am85%431 flts
- 11am85%116 flts
- 12pm78%152 flts
- 1pm80%209 flts
- 2pm80%521 flts
- 3pm76%125 flts
- 4pm74%578 flts
- 5pm77%179 flts
- 6pm68%464 flts
- 7pm75%89 flts
- 8pm83%74 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)40%
- Late-arriving aircraft39%
- Extreme weather10%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion10%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.