Blue Grass in July 2024

69.6%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 855 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 69.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.8% reached their destination on time; 3.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 1.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 61.6% of the time (855 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 68.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.1%
Cancelled 3.7%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	69.6%	—	78.7%	68.5%
Arrived on time	68.8%	—	77.9%	68.1%
Cancelled	3.7%	—	2.2%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	29.4 min	—	18.5 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	29	—	25	21,154
Scheduled departures	855	—	9,242	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	177	21%	75.7%	10.9 min	7.9%
AA American Airlines	175	20%	44.6%	52.7 min	2.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	144	17%	81.9%	0.9 min	0.7%
OH PSA Airlines	120	14%	79.2%	10.2 min	8.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	118	14%	52.5%	41.5 min	0.8%
MQ Envoy Air	62	7%	79.0%	6.4 min	1.6%
YX Republic Airline	59	7%	88.1%	0.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LEX–CLT	Lexington to Charlotte	179	55.3%	37.8 min	5.0%
LEX–ATL	Lexington to Atlanta	177	75.7%	10.9 min	7.9%
LEX–ORD	Lexington to Chicago	127	78.0%	1.9 min	1.6%
LEX–DFW	Lexington to Dallas/Fort Worth	91	59.3%	43.6 min	3.3%
LEX–DTW	Lexington to Detroit	76	89.5%	-1.0 min	0.0%
LEX–DEN	Lexington to Denver	31	83.9%	8.8 min	0.0%
LEX–SFB	Lexington to Sanford	31	38.7%	67.6 min	3.2%
LEX–PHL	Lexington to Philadelphia	30	76.7%	-4.1 min	10.0%
LEX–PIE	Lexington to St. Petersburg	30	66.7%	9.5 min	0.0%
LEX–DCA	Lexington to Washington	26	88.5%	-0.7 min	0.0%
LEX–PGD	Lexington to Punta Gorda	17	35.3%	94.7 min	0.0%
LEX–FLL	Lexington to Fort Lauderdale	12	58.3%	23.6 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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	32.7%	36.6%	7,797
Late-arriving aircraft	46.4%	42.7%	11,085
National Aviation System	17.5%	16.0%	4,188
Extreme weather	3.3%	4.6%	778
Security	0.1%	0.1%	27

23,875 delay minutes on 232 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 July 2024?

69.6% of 855 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.