Press Releases

The American Red Cross has set up a base of operations at the Baton Rouge Metro Airport (BTR) to coordinate their Hurricane Laura relief efforts. Approximately 160 Red Cross volunteers are temporarily being housed at the Emergency/National Disaster Multiplex Facility in the Airport’s Aviation Business Park. The volunteers are being shuttled to and from the Lake Charles region to support the recovery efforts. Emergency response vehi...

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun using a state-of-the-art computed tomography (CT) scanner in the security checkpoint at Baton Rouge Metro Airport (BTR.) “The technology utilizes a sophisticated algorithm to analyze the content of the bag and allows TSA officers to rotate the image and ascertain that no threats are contained in the bag without needing to open the suitcase,” said Arden Hudson,...

The Baton Rouge Metro Airport (BTR) hit a seven-year high of 822,425 total passengers in 2019, and experienced an increase of 8.6% through February 2020, before travel plummeted nationwide due to the COVID 19 pandemic. However, BTR’s passenger volume decline has lessened each month since the pandemic low-point in April. Total passenger count for September was 31,321, up from 25,175 in August. BTR passenger numbers have incr...

BTR Named a Finalist in Airport Council International’s – North America (ACI-NA) 2020 Excellence in Airport Marketing, Communications, and Customer Experience AwardsCategory: Marketing ProgramsThe winner in this category best demonstrates how marketing programs help define an airport’s product or service and create a strategy for communicating the message that will produce growth. This award will be given in three categories...