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At 54,625 total passengers, the May 2021 passenger count was the highest monthly number recorded since the start of the pandemic at the Baton Rouge Metro Airport (BTR), representing a 420% increase over May 2020.The May 2021 numbers included 27,696 departing passengers (enplanements) and 26,929 arriving passengers (deplanements), and reached 78% of the May 2019 (pre-pandemic) count. BTR’s passenger statistics for May outperformed the na...

Baton Rouge, LA – For Immediate Release, July 30, 2021 The June 2021 passenger traffic for the Baton Rouge Metro Airport (BTR) hit 54,487 passengers, a 258% increase over the same month last year. June passenger volume included 27,721 departing passengers (enplanements) and 26,766 arriving passengers (deplanements). Although still below pre-pandemic levels, the steadily increasing 2021 passenger numbers resulted June...

American, Delta and United are back to flying a full schedule of flights at the Baton Rouge Metro Airport (BTR) after disruptions caused by Hurrican Ida. While a limited number of seats are available on Thursday and Friday flights, overall seat availability improves through the weekend and beyond. American is operating nonstop flights to Dallas/Ft. Worth (DFW) and Charlotte (CLT); Delta is operating nonstop flights to Atlanta (ATL); and ...

Passenger numbers continued to recover at the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR) in 2021 as 562,834 people flew into and out of the airport. This was a 55% increase from 2020 of nearly 200,000 passengers. BTR was the second largest airport in Louisiana by passenger volume in 2021.“We had a good year and hope to see this trend continue in 2022 as the travel industry recovers,” said Mike Edwards, BTR’s Director of Aviat...