Airports › Lexington (LEX) › May 2024
Airport month · May 2024
Blue Grass in May 2024
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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 775 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 75.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.9% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 2.2 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 70.7% of the time (775 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, national aviation system 25% and air carrier 18%.
- On time 73.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.6%
- Cancelled 2.2%
- Diverted 0.3%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.6% | — | 78.7% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 73.9% | — | 77.9% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 2.2% | — | 2.2% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 21.6 min | — | 18.5 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 26 | — | 25 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 775 | — | 9,242 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 171 | 22% | 75.4% | 9.7 min | 1.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 170 | 22% | 85.9% | -0.1 min | 1.8% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 170 | 22% | 69.4% | 18.1 min | 0.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 97 | 13% | 68.0% | 20.9 min | 4.1% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 72 | 9% | 75.0% | 10.9 min | 1.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 62 | 8% | 51.6% | 45.3 min | 8.1% |
| YX Republic Airline | 28 | 4% | 85.7% | -4.9 min | 3.6% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 5 | 1% | 80.0% | 4.6 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEX–ATL | Lexington to Atlanta | 180 | 85.6% | 0.2 min | 1.7% |
| LEX–CLT | Lexington to Charlotte | 175 | 69.1% | 18.1 min | 0.6% |
| LEX–ORD | Lexington to Chicago | 141 | 75.2% | 13.4 min | 2.8% |
| LEX–DFW | Lexington to Dallas/Fort Worth | 92 | 51.1% | 41.3 min | 7.6% |
| LEX–DTW | Lexington to Detroit | 57 | 84.2% | 6.4 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–DEN | Lexington to Denver | 31 | 64.5% | 10.5 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–DCA | Lexington to Washington | 27 | 85.2% | -4.4 min | 3.7% |
| LEX–SFB | Lexington to Sanford | 22 | 81.8% | 1.2 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–PIE | Lexington to St. Petersburg | 16 | 62.5% | 24.8 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–PGD | Lexington to Punta Gorda | 14 | 71.4% | 9.2 min | 7.1% |
| LEX–FLL | Lexington to Fort Lauderdale | 9 | 77.8% | 15.3 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–LAS | Lexington to Las Vegas | 9 | 77.8% | 16.5 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LEX on time in May 2024?
75.6% of 775 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.