Blue Grass in September 2023

85.5%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 601 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 85.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.9% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 5.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 84.9% of the time (601 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 42% and national aviation system 7%.

On time 83.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.0%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	85.5%	—	78.7%	80.5%
Arrived on time	83.9%	—	77.9%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	2.2%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.6 min	—	18.5 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	20	—	25	18,978
Scheduled departures	601	—	9,242	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	170	28%	97.6%	-13.8 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	137	23%	83.2%	0.3 min	1.5%
YX Republic Airline	72	12%	79.2%	11.0 min	2.8%
9E Endeavor Air	60	10%	88.3%	1.6 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	58	10%	62.1%	59.6 min	1.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	42	7%	69.0%	15.9 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	41	7%	75.6%	10.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	21	3%	85.7%	-4.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LEX–ATL	Lexington to Atlanta	170	97.6%	-13.8 min	0.0%
LEX–CLT	Lexington to Charlotte	134	82.8%	0.5 min	1.5%
LEX–ORD	Lexington to Chicago	87	75.9%	10.6 min	0.0%
LEX–DFW	Lexington to Dallas/Fort Worth	79	68.4%	43.5 min	1.3%
LEX–DTW	Lexington to Detroit	60	88.3%	1.6 min	0.0%
LEX–DCA	Lexington to Washington	25	72.0%	23.3 min	8.0%
LEX–SFB	Lexington to Sanford	14	78.6%	11.4 min	0.0%
LEX–PGD	Lexington to Punta Gorda	10	80.0%	3.2 min	0.0%
LEX–PIE	Lexington to St. Petersburg	9	77.8%	5.0 min	0.0%
LEX–FLL	Lexington to Fort Lauderdale	8	62.5%	23.9 min	0.0%
LEX–PHL	Lexington to Philadelphia	3	100.0%	-9.3 min	0.0%
LEX–DEN	Lexington to Denver	2	100.0%	-11.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	47.4%	36.4%	3,645
Late-arriving aircraft	42.0%	38.3%	3,228
National Aviation System	7.0%	19.9%	537
Extreme weather	3.6%	5.1%	276
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

7,686 delay minutes on 90 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 September 2023?

85.5% of 601 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.