Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → Baton Rouge
DFW → BTR
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Baton Rouge operates with an 80% on-time performance rate and an average delay of 13.8 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, there are approximately 499 flights using Embraer RJ140 or RJ145 aircraft, serving a destination airport that sees nearly 750,000 passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Baton Rouge (BTR) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 640 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.13%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Baton Rouge the average ATFM delay is 3.2 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Baton Rouge: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Baton Rouge (BTR) heads south-east for about 616 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 11m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 46% of DFW-BTR flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Baton Rouge it is 3.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 640 tracked DFW-BTR flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 3.1% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about DFW-BTR
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> Baton Rouge (BTR) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 640 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-Baton Rouge is 3.13% across 640 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
