Blue Grass in November 2024

89.7%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 760 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 89.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.2% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 4.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 655 departures with 89.6% leaving on time: a change of +0.1 points, with flights up 16%.

Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 89.5% of the time (760 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 87.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.5%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	89.7%	89.6%	78.7%	85.2%
Arrived on time	87.2%	91.1%	77.9%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.2%	2.2%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.5 min	5.8 min	18.5 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	25	22	25	19,180
Scheduled departures	760	655	9,242	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	175	23%	93.1%	-11.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	163	21%	90.8%	-12.0 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	140	18%	82.9%	1.7 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	114	15%	86.0%	2.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	67	9%	91.0%	-3.7 min	1.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	52	7%	67.3%	15.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	48	6%	85.4%	-3.2 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	1	0%	100.0%	-6.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LEX–CLT	Lexington to Charlotte	179	91.6%	-11.3 min	0.0%
LEX–ATL	Lexington to Atlanta	176	92.6%	-10.9 min	0.0%
LEX–ORD	Lexington to Chicago	135	84.4%	2.2 min	0.0%
LEX–DTW	Lexington to Detroit	82	84.1%	0.3 min	0.0%
LEX–DFW	Lexington to Dallas/Fort Worth	81	86.4%	-1.2 min	1.2%
LEX–DEN	Lexington to Denver	30	83.3%	2.2 min	0.0%
LEX–DCA	Lexington to Washington	23	91.3%	-4.3 min	0.0%
LEX–PIE	Lexington to St. Petersburg	13	76.9%	10.1 min	0.0%
LEX–PGD	Lexington to Punta Gorda	11	72.7%	4.0 min	0.0%
LEX–SFB	Lexington to Sanford	10	60.0%	25.0 min	0.0%
LEX–FLL	Lexington to Fort Lauderdale	9	77.8%	-1.3 min	0.0%
LEX–LAS	Lexington to Las Vegas	9	44.4%	42.1 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	50.4%	36.9%	3,278
Late-arriving aircraft	28.6%	35.6%	1,862
National Aviation System	19.7%	21.9%	1,280
Extreme weather	1.2%	5.4%	80
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,500 delay minutes on 95 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 November 2024?

89.7% of 760 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 89.6% of 655 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 89.7% and 0.1% in November 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.