Blue Grass in October 2023

84.5%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 742 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 84.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.4% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 0.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 81.8% of the time (743 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 65%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 3%.

On time 84.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.7%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	84.5%	—	78.7%	83.8%
Arrived on time	84.4%	—	77.9%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	2.2%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.3 min	—	18.5 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	25	—	25	19,966
Scheduled departures	742	—	9,242	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	174	23%	94.3%	-7.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	148	20%	81.1%	11.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	141	19%	83.0%	2.5 min	2.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	79	11%	75.9%	31.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	61	8%	72.1%	34.9 min	1.6%
9E Endeavor Air	60	8%	86.7%	29.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	54	7%	88.9%	1.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	25	3%	84.0%	5.5 min	4.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LEX–ATL	Lexington to Atlanta	174	94.3%	-7.2 min	0.0%
LEX–CLT	Lexington to Charlotte	148	81.1%	11.1 min	0.0%
LEX–ORD	Lexington to Chicago	137	83.2%	1.8 min	2.2%
LEX–DFW	Lexington to Dallas/Fort Worth	86	75.6%	26.5 min	2.3%
LEX–DTW	Lexington to Detroit	60	86.7%	29.2 min	0.0%
LEX–DEN	Lexington to Denver	31	83.9%	-1.7 min	3.2%
LEX–SFB	Lexington to Sanford	28	82.1%	13.5 min	0.0%
LEX–DCA	Lexington to Washington	27	92.6%	8.4 min	0.0%
LEX–PGD	Lexington to Punta Gorda	16	93.8%	-4.2 min	0.0%
LEX–PIE	Lexington to St. Petersburg	16	93.8%	-10.9 min	0.0%
LEX–FLL	Lexington to Fort Lauderdale	11	18.2%	208.8 min	0.0%
LEX–LAS	Lexington to Las Vegas	8	62.5%	1.3 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	28.6%	41.3%	4,036
Late-arriving aircraft	65.4%	40.5%	9,233
National Aviation System	3.3%	14.4%	465
Extreme weather	2.7%	3.7%	384
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

14,118 delay minutes on 109 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 October 2023?

84.5% of 742 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.