Press Releases

Passenger enplanements, or departing passengers, were up 14.5% at Baton Rouge Metro Airport (BTR) in April, 2018 over the same month in 2017. Deplanements, or arriving passengers, were up 12.4%. Total passenger volume was 70,581 for April. Year-to-date BTR passenger volume is up 5.4%. Passenger volume for 2017 was up 4%. American Airlines had the top BTR passenger share in April at 38.5%, followed by Delta at 37.3% and United at 24.2%.&n...

BATON ROUGE, LA – American Airlines employees at Baton Rouge Metro Airport (BTR) won the airline's Customer Cup award for the first quarter of 2018 by earning outstanding scores for station performance.The award is based on the results from a variety of metrics including fewest customer complaints, surveys, on-time departure performance, and on-time baggage delivery. This is the first time the American Airlines Customer Cup aw...

BATON ROUGE, LA (June 14, 2018) – The FAA awarded a $4 million grant to Baton Rouge Airport (BTR) for Runway Safety Area (RSA) improvements to the Runway Protection Area (RPZ) for runway 13/31.The Runway 13-31 RSA and RPZ improvements are needed to fully meet preferred FAA design standards; to provide the maximum reasonable margin of safety; and to preserve the Airport’s eligibility to receive federal funding assistance by complying...

Baton Rouge, LA (June 22, 2018) – Passenger enplanements, or departing passengers, were up 3.2% at Baton Rouge Metro Airport (BTR) in May over the same month in 2017. Deplanements, or arriving passengers, were up 5.3%. Total passenger volume for May was 72,578, the second highest among Louisiana airports. 2018 year-to-date BTR passenger volume is up 4.9%. Passenger volume for 2017 was up 4%. American Airlines had the top BTR passen...