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Airport Reliability

BTR · Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge, LA (BTR)

82%
Departures within 15 minutes
15 min
Average departure delay
79%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
2.5%
Departures cancelled

Based on 7,153 departures and 7,153 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

Departures from BTR departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 70% between 6–9 PM.

Saturday is the weak spot.

Departures from BTR arrived on time 85% of the time on Tuesdays. On Saturdays: 77%.

Slipping a little lately.

Departures from BTR arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% in the three months before that.

When BTR gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM89%(547 flights)
  • 6–9 AM86%(1609 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(1099 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(1491 flights)
  • 3–6 PM75%(1296 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(908 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(2 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon79%(1013 flights)
  • Tue85%(989 flights)
  • Wed85%(1007 flights)
  • Thu82%(1012 flights)
  • Fri81%(1022 flights)
  • Sat77%(889 flights)
  • Sun79%(1020 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 70% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%563
July 202577%565
August 202577%581
September 202589%575
October 202585%658
November 202584%588
December 202580%573
January 202686%515
February 202685%502
March 202680%586
April 202682%630
May 202678%616

Airlines departing BTR

Busiest routes from BTR

Based on 7,153 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.