Press Releases

The Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development (DOTD) recognized the Baton Rouge Metro Airport with the 2018 Transportation Excellence Award for Intermodal/Public Works Project Development. The Baton Rouge Metro Airport (BTR) received the award at the Louisiana Transportation Conference (LTC) today. BTR’s 2018 DOTD Transportation Excellence Award was for the new Emergency/National Disaster Multiplex facility. ...

The Baton Rouge Metro Airport (BTR) has revealed a brand new look with the launch of its new, consumer-friendly website. The new website, http://www.flybtr.com/, features mobile-responsive design, fluid navigation, and intuitive features that highlight the airport’s services and increase user interaction. Other updates included search engine optimization, content restructuring, and a tailored content management system (CMS), to nam...

BATON ROUGE, LA (June 12, 2018) – Via Airlines has announced it will launch new nonstop service between Baton Rouge Metro Airport (BTR) and Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB) in Central Florida and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) in Central Texas on September 13th. The new nonstop flights will operate three times each week to/from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, and two times each week to/from Orlando Sanford I...

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...