Press Releases

News Release - Baton Rouge, LA –For Immediate Release, November 30, 2017 Passenger enplanements at the Baton Rouge Metro Airport (BTR) were up 10.7% year-over-year for the Thanksgiving travel period. Total BTR passenger volume through October is up 4% year-over-year at 641,169 passengers (enplanements and deplanements). Passenger data for the full month of November is not yet available. Seating capacity growth due t...

News Release - Baton Rouge, LA –For Immediate Release, September 14, 2017 Baton Rouge Metro Airport (BTR) passenger enplanements were up 12% in August despite numerous Houston flight cancellations on United due to Hurricane Harvey. Year-to-date enplanements are up 4.2%. A total of 61,930 passengers traveled through the airport in August, and 508,193 year-to-date. Increased seating capacity due to the use of larger aircraft...

News Release - Baton Rouge, LA –For Immediate Release, October 23, 2017 Great weather and one the best turnouts made for a successful 10th Annual Plane Pull Fundraiser for ARC Baton Rouge at BTR this past Saturday. Teams of 25 people competed to pull a FedEx 757 jet, weighing 147,000 pounds and estimated at around 189,000 pounds with the fuel on board, for a distance of 12 feet. Net proceeds generated from the event will go to fund...

News Release - Baton Rouge, LA –For Immediate Release, January 9, 2018The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport hosted a ribbon-cutting today for its new Emergency/National Disaster Multiplex. The 24,000 square foot facility, which was in the planning stages for nearly a decade as funding sources were pursued, is located in the Airport’s Aviation Business Park on the north end of the airfield.Interim Director of Aviation Ralph Hen...