Blue Grass in March 2024

84.7%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 779 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 84.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.4% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 6.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 82.2% of the time (780 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 83.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.4%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	84.7%	—	78.7%	78.5%
Arrived on time	83.4%	—	77.9%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.9%	—	2.2%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.5 min	—	18.5 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	26	—	25	19,726
Scheduled departures	779	—	9,242	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	181	23%	77.9%	5.8 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	147	19%	90.5%	-3.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	128	16%	94.5%	-11.1 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	106	14%	90.6%	-4.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	62	8%	74.2%	22.6 min	6.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	59	8%	61.0%	25.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	52	7%	78.8%	7.9 min	3.8%
9E Endeavor Air	44	6%	81.8%	-4.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LEX–CLT	Lexington to Charlotte	181	77.9%	5.8 min	0.0%
LEX–ATL	Lexington to Atlanta	172	87.8%	-3.0 min	0.0%
LEX–ORD	Lexington to Chicago	155	91.0%	-3.1 min	0.0%
LEX–DFW	Lexington to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	74.2%	16.7 min	6.5%
LEX–DTW	Lexington to Detroit	57	96.5%	-12.0 min	0.0%
LEX–DEN	Lexington to Denver	31	96.8%	-17.3 min	3.2%
LEX–DCA	Lexington to Washington	26	96.2%	-11.8 min	0.0%
LEX–SFB	Lexington to Sanford	16	62.5%	28.3 min	0.0%
LEX–PGD	Lexington to Punta Gorda	15	53.3%	31.3 min	0.0%
LEX–PIE	Lexington to St. Petersburg	10	80.0%	-3.3 min	0.0%
LEX–FLL	Lexington to Fort Lauderdale	9	66.7%	43.9 min	0.0%
LEX–LAS	Lexington to Las Vegas	9	44.4%	22.4 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	32.7%	32.1%	3,173
Late-arriving aircraft	38.7%	42.1%	3,762
National Aviation System	18.9%	21.4%	1,840
Extreme weather	9.6%	4.2%	937
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

9,712 delay minutes on 120 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 March 2024?

84.7% of 779 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.