# Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR)

> Baton Rouge, US · IATA: BTR · ICAO: KBTR · Medium Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `BTR` |
| ICAO | `KBTR` |
| City | Baton Rouge |
| Country | US |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 21 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 30.53320, -91.14960 |

## Description

FedEx and UPS both run cargo operations at Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR/KBTR), the Louisiana regional airport that handled roughly 821,000 passengers in 2024 and covers the time-critical air freight segment of the state capital region. Freight is processed on dedicated cargo apron and warehouse space at Ryan Field, combining integrator freighter flights with belly capacity on regional services to Atlanta, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston and Charlotte. A general-purpose site of Foreign-Trade Zone 154 sits on airport property, covering about 1,277 acres owned by the Greater Baton Rouge Airport District, which lets importers defer duty and tax rather than clearing goods immediately. BTR offers no intercontinental widebody freighter service, so those shipments normally move via Louis Armstrong New Orleans International (MSY) some 130 kilometres to the south-east, or through the major US gateways Memphis (MEM) and Louisville (SDF) inside the FedEx and UPS networks. Trucking along Interstates 10 and 12 connects the airport with metropolitan New Orleans and the entire petrochemical corridor along the river in under two hours. For the region's chemical, industrial-equipment and agricultural exporters the split of roles is straightforward: air express and spare parts through BTR, heavy and bulk cargo through the river port.

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