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ATL vs BTR - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
ATL

Atlanta, GA

Atlanta, Georgia

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Airport B
BTR

Baton Rouge, LA

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric ATL BTR
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 83.7% 84.2%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 72.9 min 83.5 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 16.3% 15.8%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 0.79% 1.31%
Total Flights 3,758,561 53,837
Delayed Flights 613,025 8,495
Cancelled Flights 29,771 705
Top Delay Cause Carrier Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

ATL - Atlanta, GA

Carrier 46.8%
Late Aircraft 27.2%
NAS 19.4%
Weather 6.4%
Security 0.2%

BTR - Baton Rouge, LA

Late Aircraft 37.8%
Carrier 37.0%
NAS 12.7%
Weather 12.3%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

Top routes from ATL

Route Flights On-Time
MCO → ATL
Atlanta
47,291 78.1%
ATL → MCO
Orlando
47,234 76.2%
FLL → ATL
Atlanta
42,458 77.5%
ATL → FLL
Fort Lauderdale
42,441 77.2%
ATL → LGA
New York
42,079 80.8%
LGA → ATL
Atlanta
42,078 82.2%

Top routes from BTR

Route Flights On-Time
DFW → BTR
Baton Rouge
10,586 81.3%
BTR → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
10,585 80.3%
ATL → BTR
Baton Rouge
8,062 88.9%
BTR → ATL
Atlanta
8,061 88.8%
CLT → BTR
Baton Rouge
4,896 79.3%
BTR → CLT
Charlotte
4,894 84.9%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.