Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport - Passenger Airlines and Destinations

Passenger Airlines and Destinations

Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport has two concourses: Concourse A (gates A1-A4), and Concourse B (gates B1-B3).

Historically, Baton Rouge was served by American Airlines, Continental Airlines (now United Airlines), Eastern Airlines, Northwest Airlines (now Delta Airlines), Southern Airways, which merged with another air carrier to form Republic Airlines which then continued to serve the airport, and Trans-Texas Airways (TTa) which subsequently changed its name to Texas International Airlines. All of these airlines operated jet service from the airport with the exception of Eastern which flew Martin 4-0-4 and Convair 440 twin prop "Silver Falcon" airliners from Baton Rouge in the 1950s. Mainline jet aircraft types operated in passenger service from Baton Rouge in the past included Boeing B727-100, B727-200, B737-200, B737-300 and B737-500 jetliners as well as Douglas DC-9-10 and DC-9-30 jets and also McDonnell Douglas MD-80 jetliners.

Currently, all airline service to and from Baton Rouge is operated with either Canadair or Embraer regional jets flown by the various airlines, although Delta has announced it will reinstate mainline jet service to Atlanta effective on November 4, 2012 with Douglas DC-9-50 jetliners which were previously operated by Northwest Airlines before this air carrier merged with Delta.