Blue Grass in November 2023

89.6%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 655 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 89.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 91.1% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 88.7% of the time (653 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 91.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 8.5%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	89.6%	—	78.7%	86.0%
Arrived on time	91.1%	—	77.9%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	2.2%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.8 min	—	18.5 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	22	—	25	18,793
Scheduled departures	655	—	9,242	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	186	28%	92.5%	-10.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	139	21%	95.7%	-11.7 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	137	21%	89.1%	-7.6 min	0.7%
AA American Airlines	57	9%	93.0%	-9.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	54	8%	74.1%	4.0 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	38	6%	92.1%	-10.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	33	5%	93.9%	-9.8 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	11	2%	100.0%	-14.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LEX–ATL	Lexington to Atlanta	143	95.1%	-11.1 min	0.0%
LEX–CLT	Lexington to Charlotte	137	89.1%	-7.6 min	0.7%
LEX–ORD	Lexington to Chicago	124	91.9%	-10.0 min	0.0%
LEX–DFW	Lexington to Dallas/Fort Worth	84	92.9%	-9.3 min	0.0%
LEX–DTW	Lexington to Detroit	56	94.6%	-13.7 min	0.0%
LEX–DEN	Lexington to Denver	30	96.7%	-8.8 min	0.0%
LEX–DCA	Lexington to Washington	24	91.7%	-12.5 min	0.0%
LEX–SFB	Lexington to Sanford	13	69.2%	20.3 min	0.0%
LEX–PGD	Lexington to Punta Gorda	11	72.7%	7.3 min	0.0%
LEX–PIE	Lexington to St. Petersburg	11	81.8%	0.9 min	0.0%
LEX–FLL	Lexington to Fort Lauderdale	10	60.0%	13.9 min	0.0%
LEX–LAS	Lexington to Las Vegas	9	88.9%	-34.9 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	33.9%	42.5%	1,020
Late-arriving aircraft	48.9%	37.3%	1,473
National Aviation System	13.8%	16.2%	416
Extreme weather	2.4%	3.7%	73
Security	0.9%	0.3%	28

3,010 delay minutes on 56 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 November 2023?

89.6% of 655 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 91.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.