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Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport
KBTR / BTRBaton Rouge, LouisianaELEV 70 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
48 nm
To the nearest alternate
Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (KBTR / BTR) sits in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 70 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
BTR has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT, 48 nm), Acadiana Regional Airport (ARA, 48 nm), and McComb-Pike County Airport / John E Lewis Field (MCB, 52 nm).
Quotes for flights out of BTR vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from BTR, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
KBTR
IATA
BTR
FAA / Local
BTR
Elevation
70 ft
Coordinates
30.5332° N · 91.1496° W
Airspace
C · CharlieClass C — CharlieRadar-controlled airspace around mid-size hubs. Aircraft must be in two-way radio contact and squawking a transponder while approach control sequences arrivals.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs LA fields
state range 2–330 ft
At 70 ft, BTR sits lower than 50% of the 22 Louisiana fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 48nmLFTLafayette Regional AirportLafayette
- 48nmARAAcadiana Regional AirportNew Iberia
- 52nmMCBMcComb-Pike County Airport / John E Lewis FieldMcComb
- 56nmMSYLouis Armstrong New Orleans International AirportNew Orleans
- 65nmNEWLakefront AirportNew Orleans
- 72nmNBGNew Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender FieldNew Orleans
Location
Open the full mapKBTR · Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport · Baton Rouge, LA
From the ramp
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