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Airport month · September 2024
Blue Grass in September 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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 789 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 83.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.9% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 1.4 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 601 departures with 85.5% leaving on time: a change of −2.5 points, with flights up 31%.
Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 80.4% of the time (790 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 81.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.1%
- Cancelled 1.0%
- Diverted 0.0%
September 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2024 | Sep 2023 | LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.0% | 85.5% | 78.7% | 84.4% |
| Arrived on time | 81.9% | 83.9% | 77.9% | 83.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.0% | 0.8% | 2.2% | 0.6% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.1 min | 13.6 min | 18.5 min | 10.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 26 | 20 | 25 | 19,421 |
| Scheduled departures | 789 | 601 | 9,242 | 582,622 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 189 | 24% | 90.5% | -6.5 min | 1.6% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 182 | 23% | 85.2% | -3.3 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 138 | 17% | 73.9% | 6.8 min | 2.9% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 106 | 13% | 78.3% | 3.3 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 68 | 9% | 86.8% | 0.4 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 60 | 8% | 75.0% | 16.0 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 46 | 6% | 67.4% | 8.9 min | 2.2% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEX–ATL | Lexington to Atlanta | 189 | 90.5% | -6.5 min | 1.6% |
| LEX–ORD | Lexington to Chicago | 165 | 81.2% | 1.6 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–CLT | Lexington to Charlotte | 164 | 72.0% | 11.0 min | 2.4% |
| LEX–DFW | Lexington to Dallas/Fort Worth | 90 | 78.9% | 5.3 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–DTW | Lexington to Detroit | 80 | 92.5% | -6.5 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–DEN | Lexington to Denver | 30 | 93.3% | -14.8 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–DCA | Lexington to Washington | 25 | 76.0% | 3.9 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–PIE | Lexington to St. Petersburg | 14 | 57.1% | 17.7 min | 7.1% |
| LEX–SFB | Lexington to Sanford | 13 | 46.2% | 26.8 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–PGD | Lexington to Punta Gorda | 10 | 90.0% | -9.0 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–FLL | Lexington to Fort Lauderdale | 9 | 88.9% | -9.7 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LEX on time in September 2024?
83.0% of 789 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2023, 85.5% of 601 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 83.0% and 1.0% in September 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.