Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport

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Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport
Ryan Field
IATA: BTR – ICAO: KBTR – FAA: BTR
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Baton Rouge Airport Authority
Serves Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Location East Baton Rouge Parish
Elevation AMSL 70 ft / 21 m
Coordinates 30°31′59″N 091°08′59″W / 30.53306, -91.14972
Website www.flybtr.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 7,004 2,135 Asphalt
4L/22R 7,500 2,286 Concrete
4R/22L 3,799 1,158 Asphalt

Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (IATA: BTR, ICAO: KBTR, FAA LID: BTR), also known as Ryan Field, is a public airport located four miles (6 km) north of the central business district (CBD) of Baton Rouge, in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA. It covers 1,250 acres and has three runways. Air Traffic Services are provided by dedicated Air Traffic Controllers in the Tower and the Terminal Radar Approach Control.

The airport was originally Harding Army Air Field during World War II, but other than the runways, virtually no traces remain of the military installation.

Contents

Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport has 2 concourses.

Concourse A has 4 Gates: A1 - A4

Concourse B has 3 Gates: B1 - B3

Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport currently has a 33,000 square foot cargo facility. It is currently being expanded to 68,000 square feet.

  • FedEx (Memphis, New Orleans, Lafayette)

Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport is notably small for a city and metro area of its size and is largely eclipsed by New Orleans' Armstrong International Airport located 80 miles to the southeast. Despite aggressive advertising campaigns encouraging passengers to utilize the airport, load factors were low (below 800,000 passengers per year) and fares were among the highest in the region.

Most of the service at the airport is provided by regional jets with a few mainline flights per day. The main regular flights include operatations by Delta Air Lines to Atlanta, Northwest Airlines to Memphis(DC9), Continental Airlines to Houston(Boeing 737), and American to Dallas. Hurricane Katrina temporarily increased the ridership with the closure of New Orleans airport.

After Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in August 2005, New Orleans International Airport was closed to commercial aviation traffic for a few weeks.

An apparent windfall for the struggling Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, with Armstrong International closed, it was believed that in the immediate time after katrina the passenger count at Baton Rouge Metro Airport could have hit 3 million per year but doesn't seem so, City of Baton Rouge Chief Administrative Officer Walter Monsour said

"All those air carriers that we have been courting for years are suddenly asking to come in," Monsour said.

Louisiana Aircraft INC., a fixed base operation on the south side of the airport has been purchased by a real estate developer. The developer has plans to build more hanger space and has purchased the old Capitol Jet Center / LuxJet FBO located on the east side of the airport. Future plans include a ramp and hangers on the north side of the airfield. The increase in hanger space is most noticeable during the College Football season.

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