BusinessInsider Thanksgiving travel at BR airport down 50% over 2019 By Stephanie Riegel - December 3, 2020 The rotunda at the Baton Rouge airport. (File photo) FacebookXLinkedinEmailPrint Passenger volume at Baton Rouge Metro Airport during the busy Thanksgiving week was down by nearly half compared to the same period one year ago, though the decrease in activity at BTR was smaller than that of airports nationwide on average. Already an INSIDER? Sign in.