Press Releases

Passenger volume at the Baton Rouge Metro Airport was up 11.2% percent in September, the largest single-month increase in 2019. Increased seating capacity on American and United combined with higher demand were key factors in the growth. Year-to-date passenger volume through September is up 1.8%. Passenger numbers were up 8% for 2017 and 2018 combined. Total BTR passenger volume for September was 65,625 with American capturing the...

After hitting a seven-year high of 822,425 total passengers in 2019, the Baton Rouge Metro Airport passenger count was up 5.8% in January 2020 compared to January 2019. Total January 2020 passenger volume was 61,800 passengers, with 30,452 departing passengers (enplanements) and 31,348 arriving passengers (deplanements). American carried the most passengers in January with a 37% share, followed by Del...

The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR) is actively monitoring Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) developments and is working closely with our employees, tenants and airline partners to proactively reduce the risk of COVID-19 impacting our guests or our operations. The Airport remains open with no significant reduction in service at this time.As part of our ongoing preparedness efforts surrounding COVID-19, BTR has implemented additional cl...

The City of Baton Rouge and the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport has entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement allowing for the use and occupancy of a 43,765 square foot hangar/office facility owned by the Greater Baton Rouge Airport District for the purpose of receiving, storing and distributing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other supplies associated with the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. The initial term of this agreement is thre...