Blue Grass in January 2024

76.9%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 632 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 76.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.9% reached their destination on time; 2.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 74.4% of the time (633 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 70.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.7%
Cancelled 2.4%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from LEX in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	76.9%	—	78.7%	74.0%
Arrived on time	70.9%	—	77.9%	72.9%
Cancelled	2.4%	—	2.2%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.5 min	—	18.5 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	—	25	18,242
Scheduled departures	632	—	9,242	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	154	24%	59.1%	42.5 min	5.2%
OH PSA Airlines	123	19%	69.9%	13.0 min	0.8%
MQ Envoy Air	105	17%	66.7%	5.9 min	3.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	96	15%	80.2%	0.3 min	1.0%
9E Endeavor Air	60	9%	85.0%	-5.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	51	8%	78.4%	3.1 min	2.0%
YX Republic Airline	30	5%	80.0%	18.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	13	2%	69.2%	6.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LEX–ATL	Lexington to Atlanta	148	81.8%	-1.3 min	0.7%
LEX–CLT	Lexington to Charlotte	147	68.0%	12.7 min	2.0%
LEX–ORD	Lexington to Chicago	95	54.7%	43.9 min	8.4%
LEX–DFW	Lexington to Dallas/Fort Worth	82	69.5%	4.8 min	1.2%
LEX–DTW	Lexington to Detroit	52	65.4%	47.1 min	1.9%
LEX–DEN	Lexington to Denver	31	77.4%	-3.7 min	0.0%
LEX–DCA	Lexington to Washington	22	77.3%	27.0 min	0.0%
LEX–FLL	Lexington to Fort Lauderdale	11	72.7%	8.2 min	9.1%
LEX–PIE	Lexington to St. Petersburg	11	100.0%	-12.9 min	0.0%
LEX–SFB	Lexington to Sanford	11	90.9%	-5.7 min	0.0%
LEX–LAS	Lexington to Las Vegas	9	88.9%	-11.0 min	0.0%
LEX–PGD	Lexington to Punta Gorda	9	33.3%	41.7 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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	43.2%	32.6%	6,552
Late-arriving aircraft	33.2%	39.0%	5,035
National Aviation System	17.0%	17.9%	2,570
Extreme weather	6.6%	10.3%	997
Security	0.0%	0.2%	4

15,158 delay minutes on 169 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 January 2024?

76.9% of 632 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.