By james art 
The Baton Rouge Metropolitan metropolitan has undergone a record year for passengers in 2024.
BTR welcomed 844 025 passengers in 2024, an average of 70 335 monthly passengers, which is 10.65% of 762 789 in the previous year. 2019 held the previous record of 821 236.
The airport remains the second largest in Louisiana in terms of passenger volume, behind Luis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.
General municipalities reached 422 388 in 2024, compared to 381,313 in 2023, the deployments increased from 265 646 in 2023 to 330 655 last year. The load rate for 2024 reached 83.32% the highest estimate in at least 11 years. The previous highest rating was 82.63% in 2022. The load rate was 81.89% in 2023.
The 2024 BTR record year is aligned with other airports nationwide, such as Harry Reed International Airport in Las Vegas and Memphis International, Record record numbers of passengers.
The most busy world airport, Dubai International Airport, has experienced a Record 92.3 million Travelers went through his terminals last year.