Blue Grass in February 2024

86.9%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 627 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 86.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.5% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 86.3% of the time (627 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 57%, late-arriving aircraft 22% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 85.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.2%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	86.9%	—	78.7%	84.0%
Arrived on time	85.5%	—	77.9%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	2.2%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.6 min	—	18.5 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	—	25	17,307
Scheduled departures	627	—	9,242	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	154	25%	77.9%	1.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	131	21%	96.2%	-19.6 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	129	21%	86.0%	-2.9 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	90	14%	93.3%	-13.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	47	7%	63.8%	21.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	38	6%	84.2%	22.8 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	33	5%	84.8%	2.2 min	3.0%
9E Endeavor Air	5	1%	100.0%	-12.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LEX–CLT	Lexington to Charlotte	143	86.0%	-3.4 min	0.0%
LEX–ATL	Lexington to Atlanta	136	96.3%	-19.4 min	0.0%
LEX–ORD	Lexington to Chicago	115	79.1%	-0.1 min	0.0%
LEX–DFW	Lexington to Dallas/Fort Worth	79	88.6%	4.1 min	0.0%
LEX–DTW	Lexington to Detroit	49	83.7%	-6.1 min	0.0%
LEX–DEN	Lexington to Denver	29	82.8%	-0.6 min	0.0%
LEX–DCA	Lexington to Washington	25	88.0%	3.8 min	4.0%
LEX–PGD	Lexington to Punta Gorda	10	70.0%	-2.8 min	0.0%
LEX–SFB	Lexington to Sanford	10	50.0%	94.4 min	0.0%
LEX–FLL	Lexington to Fort Lauderdale	9	55.6%	4.1 min	0.0%
LEX–LAS	Lexington to Las Vegas	9	77.8%	1.6 min	0.0%
LEX–PIE	Lexington to St. Petersburg	9	66.7%	4.0 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	57.4%	35.9%	3,407
Late-arriving aircraft	22.4%	36.9%	1,329
National Aviation System	13.0%	21.7%	770
Extreme weather	7.0%	5.3%	418
Security	0.2%	0.3%	9

5,933 delay minutes on 89 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 February 2024?

86.9% of 627 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.