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• BR Metropolitan Airport to receive over $3 million from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  December 16, 2021 10:53 AM

  BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR) is in line to receive a total of $3,116,982, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The money is to help improve the airport's runways, taxiways, safety and sustainability projects, as well... more »

• BR Airport, expecting hundreds of Thanksgiving travelers, amps up safety precautions Play Video

  November 25, 2020 8:57 AM

  BATON ROUGE - This November, as US health experts report an alarming surge in novel coronavirus cases, they're urging citizens to replace extensive travel plans and large-scale family dinners with safer forms of Thanksgiving celebrations. The nation's top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci explained why during an interview... more »

• Baton Rouge Airport assures public it will remain open 'at this time'

  March 13, 2020 1:23 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR) has released a statement assuring the public that during this aspect of the coronavirus outbreak they will remain open to the public while taking every measure to reduce the risk of exposure to travelers, airport personnel and other guests. BTR... more »

• Plane tickets from BTR to ATL sold out ahead of SEC Championship Play Video

  December 6, 2019 10:01 PM

  BATON ROUGE - LSU fans have been heading to Atlanta, Ga. all week in preparation for Saturday’s showdown. Friday’s flights Baton Rouge to ATL were sold out, and most are for Saturday morning, as well. It was a sea of purple and gold at the airport on Friday.... more »

• LSU fans greeted with tailgate party at Metro Airport Play Video

  September 6, 2019 6:40 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A flight full of LSU fans took off from Baton Rouge Metro Airport this morning, and flyers were greeted with a tailgate before they boarded. United Airlines offered a non-stop flight to Austin and decided to kick the trip off with a party. Passengers enjoyed a... more »

• Frequent flyers: Airport staff strive to keep birds out of BTR Play Video

  January 22, 2019 6:17 PM

  BATON ROUGE - There aren't just airplanes and helicopters flying in and out of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport these days. Passengers might see a bird flying around inside, too. "We do all we can to try to keep them out," said BTR Airport Marketing and Air Service Development... more »

• Metro Council to vote on road tax next week Play Video

  September 7, 2017 11:43 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Mayor Sharon Weston Broome held her ninth public meeting to promote her road tax plan Thursday night at Broadmoor Methodist Church. The 5-mill property tax hike goes before the Baton Rouge Metro Council next Wednesday where members could approve it for the November ballot. Broome said she's... more »

• Hurricane awareness event to be held at BTR airport

  June 1, 2017 12:59 PM

  BATON ROUGE – The Mayor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness will host a hurricane awareness event on Thursday, which marks the beginning of hurricane season. The event will be held at the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Representatives from MOHSEP, city-parish... more »

• BTR airport wants to detour busy Plank Road Play Video

  May 2, 2017 9:35 AM

  BATON ROUGE - There's part of Plank Road that's just a few hundred feet from the end of an airport runway and the Baton Rouge airport says it's just not safe. The company wants to detour the busy road. Ralph Hennessy, interim director for the Baton Rouge airport, says... more »

• American Airlines to use larger jets for flights at BTR airport

  February 23, 2017 4:48 PM

  BATON ROUGE – American Airlines will add to the number of larger Bombardier CRJ 700 jets to its Baton Rouge Metro Airport flight schedule starting April 5th. American Airlines currently uses 6 of its 12 larger CRJ 700 jets at the airport, traveling to and from its Dallas-Fort Worth... more »

• Study: 6 in 10 fliers around BTR not using airport

  November 3, 2015 4:45 PM

  BATON ROUGE - An impact study commissioned by the Baton Rouge Regional Airport found that 60 out of every 100 fliers living near it are going elsewhere to catch their flights. The study by Baton Rouge-based consulting firm Emergent Method found those passengers, called "leakage" in the air travel... more »