Blue Grass in April 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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 785 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 86.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.4% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 6.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 84.3% of the time (785 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 85.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.2%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2024	Year earlier	LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2024
Departed on time	86.9%	—	78.7%	80.5%
Arrived on time	85.4%	—	77.9%	80.2%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	2.2%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.0 min	—	18.5 min	14.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	26	—	25	19,406
Scheduled departures	785	—	9,242	582,185

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	210	27%	90.5%	-1.1 min	1.0%
OH PSA Airlines	154	20%	81.8%	1.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	130	17%	93.8%	-2.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	107	14%	74.8%	3.9 min	1.9%
AA American Airlines	60	8%	71.7%	17.7 min	3.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	51	6%	80.4%	2.3 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	38	5%	92.1%	-5.1 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	35	4%	94.3%	-3.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LEX–ORD	Lexington to Chicago	179	91.1%	-4.6 min	0.6%
LEX–CLT	Lexington to Charlotte	177	76.8%	4.7 min	0.0%
LEX–ATL	Lexington to Atlanta	176	92.0%	-1.2 min	0.6%
LEX–DFW	Lexington to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	68.9%	16.3 min	4.4%
LEX–DTW	Lexington to Detroit	56	94.6%	4.2 min	0.0%
LEX–DEN	Lexington to Denver	30	96.7%	-14.9 min	0.0%
LEX–DCA	Lexington to Washington	26	92.3%	-3.9 min	0.0%
LEX–SFB	Lexington to Sanford	15	80.0%	-1.8 min	0.0%
LEX–PGD	Lexington to Punta Gorda	11	81.8%	17.9 min	0.0%
LEX–PIE	Lexington to St. Petersburg	9	88.9%	-14.1 min	0.0%
LEX–FLL	Lexington to Fort Lauderdale	8	62.5%	28.9 min	0.0%
LEX–LAS	Lexington to Las Vegas	8	87.5%	-22.4 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), April 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	39.1%	33.6%	3,176
Late-arriving aircraft	37.3%	41.0%	3,028
National Aviation System	18.3%	20.0%	1,485
Extreme weather	5.3%	5.1%	431
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

8,120 delay minutes on 104 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 April 2024?

86.9% of 785 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

April 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 April 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.