Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field
BTR · KBTR · Baton Rouge, Louisiana · East Baton Rouge County · map
Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field is a public-use airport owned by East Baton Rouge Parish, 4 miles north of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 04L/22R, is 7,500 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 170 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 72,430 takeoffs and landings a year. About 410,434 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field?
Its FAA code is BTR, and its ICAO code is KBTR.
Where is Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field?
It is 4 miles north of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field?
The longest of its 3 runways, 04L/22R, is 7,500 feet long.
Does Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them George Bush Intcntl/Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth International, Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, Charlotte/Douglas International, Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl. Every route
Are there flight schools at Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Br Flyers Club LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field?
5 pilot examiners and 9 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BTR · ICAO KBTR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Elevation
- 70 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 5:00 am to 12:00 am
- Attended
- every day, 5:00 am to 12:00 am
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1942
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04L/22R | 7,500 × 150 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 7,005 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 04R/22L | 3,799 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04L: pole 52 ft high 2,200 ft from the end
- Runway 22R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 13: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 597 ft, 5,720 ft available for landing, pole 76 ft high 2,345 ft from the end
- Runway 31: VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS), threshold displaced 314 ft, 6,094 ft available for landing, road 11 ft high 230 ft from the end
- Runway 04R: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.45 | Ryan |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 125.2 | Ryan |
| Clearance delivery | 119.4 | Ryan |
| Ground | 121.9 | Ryan |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace West | 120.3 | Ryan |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace East | 133.225 | Ryan |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Ryan |
| Slidell and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.35 | Ryan |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 225-370-8455.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Louisiana Regional (24 nm southeast), Hammond Northshore Regional (38 nm east), Port Of South Louisiana Executive Regional (40 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Louisiana · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- When the control tower closed use frequency 121.9 to contact rescue and firefighting (ARFF) for emergency required.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runways 22R and 13 and mals runway 31 - the common traffic frequency. When the control tower closed high-intensity runway lights runways 13/31 and 04L/22R preset low intst; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 04R/22L not available.
- City of Baton Rouge and parish of East Baton Rouge.
- Engineered material arresting system (emas) with 75 feet setback 234 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 13.
- Runway 04R/22L not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- +7 feet fence 200 feet 406 feet left.
- +7 feet fence 200 feet 496 feet right.
- +68 feet tree, 1578 feet, 516 right.
- Migratory birds on and in the vicinity of airport during months of mar/apr/sep and oct.
- Taxiway east weight restrictions: single 44,000 pounds; dual 55,000 pounds; dual tandem 93,000 pounds.
- Ramp and taxiway lane adjacent to the commerical air carrier terminal building is lmtd to commerical air carrier and psgr airtaxi aircraft only.
- Runway 4R/22L and taxiway east are similar in apprnc. Use ctn when exiting runway 13/31.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 7,127 departures from BTR in those twelve months, carrying 415,266 passengers in 530,132 seats (78% filled), to 63 destinations (1 abroad) on 21 airlines.
All 63 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 98 |
| multi-engine | 28 |
| jets | 27 |
| helicopters | 17 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 72,430, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 11,051 |
| air taxi and commuter | 10,126 |
| general aviation, travelling | 30,132 |
| general aviation, local | 19,687 |
| military | 1,434 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Baton Rouge from the FAA register
227 aircraft are registered to owners in Baton Rouge, Louisiana: 120 piston singles, 27 business jets, 22 turboprops, 19 drones, 17 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Louisiana.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Baton Rouge, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Br Flyers Club LLC 1 aircraft · Baton Rouge
Charter operators and airlines based in Baton Rouge:
- BTR Air Charter & Management, Inc. 3 aircraft on the certificate
- Mid-Coast Air Charter, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate Mid-Coast Air Charter operates a charter flight service based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, serving the greater Louisiana area and destinations across the US, Mexico, Canada, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean.
- Skyx CORP. 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Baton Rouge:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
5 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 5 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 9 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 5 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives, 13 training center evaluators, 4 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner.
- Damian Nikell Johnson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot; airplanes · Zachary, LA (7 nm) · (225) 301-8144 · [email protected]
- Ryan Roberts private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Greenwell Springs, LA (10 nm) · (225) 964-3878 · [email protected]
- Shawn Christopher Crump private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · La Regional Airport · Gonzales, LA (24 nm) · (225) 623-4373 · [email protected]
- Forrest James Campbell private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, seaplanes, multi-engine seaplanes · Fly By Knight Inc · Hammond, LA (38 nm) · (504) 401-3675 · [email protected]
- Peyton Augustine Enloe private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Lafayette, LA (48 nm) · (337) 739-4627 · [email protected]
All 43 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 25 since 1982, 4 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Baton Rouge 227 aircraft · 120 piston singles, 27 business jets, 22 turboprops
- State of Louisiana 16 aircraft in town
- Office of Louisiana State Fire Marshal 8 aircraft in town
- Louisiana State Police 5 aircraft in town
- Qds Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Legal Air Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- BTR Air Charter & Management, Inc. 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Mid-Coast Air Charter, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Skyx CORP. 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Br Flyers Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- G. H. Enterprises INC · repair station
- George Bush Intcntl/Houston (IAH) 2,211 flights in twelve months · CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir, Mesa Airlines Inc.
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 2,001 flights in twelve months · PSA Airlines Inc., Envoy Air
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 1,671 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc., Endeavor Air Inc.
- Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 811 flights in twelve months · PSA Airlines Inc., Piedmont Airlines
- Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl (DCA) 294 flights in twelve months · PSA Airlines Inc., CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Nashville International (BNA) 8 flights in twelve months · Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze, Eastern Air Express, LLC (EAX)
- Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field (BTR) 8 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- General Mitchell International (MKE) 6 flights in twelve months · Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 25 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Louisiana 1,272 since 1982 · 188 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Louisiana 72 landing places
- Louisiana 3,734 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BTR.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 26, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.