Blue Grass in December 2023

87.1%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 645 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 87.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.9% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 4.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 88.2% of the time (644 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 87.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.1%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	87.1%	—	78.7%	83.1%
Arrived on time	87.9%	—	77.9%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.2%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.7 min	—	18.5 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	22	—	25	19,013
Scheduled departures	645	—	9,242	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	138	21%	84.1%	-5.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	118	18%	91.5%	-5.1 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	93	14%	89.2%	-1.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	90	14%	96.7%	-14.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	70	11%	87.1%	-9.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	57	9%	68.4%	22.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	42	7%	95.2%	-17.0 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	37	6%	89.2%	-2.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LEX–ATL	Lexington to Atlanta	152	92.1%	-6.1 min	0.0%
LEX–CLT	Lexington to Charlotte	134	89.6%	-4.1 min	0.0%
LEX–ORD	Lexington to Chicago	105	84.8%	-6.7 min	0.0%
LEX–DFW	Lexington to Dallas/Fort Worth	81	91.4%	-9.4 min	0.0%
LEX–DTW	Lexington to Detroit	60	93.3%	-11.3 min	0.0%
LEX–DEN	Lexington to Denver	31	90.3%	-11.9 min	0.0%
LEX–DCA	Lexington to Washington	20	90.0%	-13.1 min	0.0%
LEX–SFB	Lexington to Sanford	13	69.2%	35.5 min	0.0%
LEX–FLL	Lexington to Fort Lauderdale	12	41.7%	48.3 min	0.0%
LEX–PGD	Lexington to Punta Gorda	12	66.7%	28.8 min	0.0%
LEX–PIE	Lexington to St. Petersburg	12	75.0%	16.5 min	0.0%
LEX–LAS	Lexington to Las Vegas	8	100.0%	-37.5 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	50.3%	37.1%	3,101
Late-arriving aircraft	29.5%	38.8%	1,821
National Aviation System	16.0%	17.6%	989
Extreme weather	4.0%	6.2%	244
Security	0.2%	0.3%	14

6,169 delay minutes on 78 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 December 2023?

87.1% of 645 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.