Blue Grass in August 2023

80.5%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 673 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 80.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.2% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 3.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 78.2% of the time (673 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 23% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 78.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.6%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from LEX in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	80.5%	—	78.7%	76.7%
Arrived on time	78.2%	—	77.9%	76.9%
Cancelled	1.8%	—	2.2%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.1 min	—	18.5 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	22	—	25	20,100
Scheduled departures	673	—	9,242	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	168	25%	85.7%	-2.9 min	3.0%
OH PSA Airlines	168	25%	79.2%	6.0 min	3.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	93	14%	72.0%	16.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	72	11%	72.2%	28.4 min	1.4%
G4 Allegiant Air	64	10%	56.3%	18.1 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	62	9%	85.5%	5.1 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	27	4%	85.2%	-6.9 min	3.7%
MQ Envoy Air	19	3%	94.7%	-8.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LEX–ATL	Lexington to Atlanta	168	85.7%	-2.9 min	3.0%
LEX–CLT	Lexington to Charlotte	152	78.3%	7.6 min	3.3%
LEX–ORD	Lexington to Chicago	93	72.0%	16.5 min	0.0%
LEX–DFW	Lexington to Dallas/Fort Worth	91	76.9%	20.6 min	1.1%
LEX–DTW	Lexington to Detroit	62	85.5%	5.1 min	0.0%
LEX–DCA	Lexington to Washington	27	85.2%	-6.9 min	3.7%
LEX–SFB	Lexington to Sanford	17	64.7%	7.5 min	0.0%
LEX–PHL	Lexington to Philadelphia	16	87.5%	-8.7 min	0.0%
LEX–PIE	Lexington to St. Petersburg	16	68.8%	5.6 min	0.0%
LEX–FLL	Lexington to Fort Lauderdale	11	27.3%	54.3 min	0.0%
LEX–PGD	Lexington to Punta Gorda	10	50.0%	22.5 min	0.0%
LEX–LAS	Lexington to Las Vegas	4	75.0%	-12.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	22.8%	36.7%	2,747
Late-arriving aircraft	45.7%	42.2%	5,522
National Aviation System	20.0%	15.7%	2,419
Extreme weather	11.0%	5.1%	1,329
Security	0.5%	0.2%	57

12,074 delay minutes on 132 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left LEX on time in August 2023?

80.5% of 673 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for LEX · methodology · corrections.