Blue Grass in December 2024

80.4%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 714 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 80.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.2% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 2.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 645 departures with 87.1% leaving on time: a change of −6.7 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 77.7% of the time (714 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 78.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.1%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	80.4%	87.1%	78.7%	77.8%
Arrived on time	78.2%	87.9%	77.9%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.0%	2.2%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.4 min	10.7 min	18.5 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	24	22	25	19,686
Scheduled departures	714	645	9,242	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	158	22%	80.4%	20.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	151	21%	80.1%	3.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	121	17%	81.8%	-6.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	92	13%	80.4%	-0.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	73	10%	52.1%	42.8 min	1.4%
9E Endeavor Air	65	9%	80.0%	4.8 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	46	6%	89.1%	-3.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	8	1%	75.0%	3.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LEX–ATL	Lexington to Atlanta	185	81.1%	-2.6 min	0.0%
LEX–CLT	Lexington to Charlotte	158	80.4%	20.8 min	0.0%
LEX–ORD	Lexington to Chicago	93	78.5%	0.1 min	0.0%
LEX–DTW	Lexington to Detroit	78	88.5%	-1.5 min	0.0%
LEX–DFW	Lexington to Dallas/Fort Worth	74	74.3%	5.9 min	0.0%
LEX–DEN	Lexington to Denver	31	90.3%	6.0 min	0.0%
LEX–DCA	Lexington to Washington	20	80.0%	-1.7 min	0.0%
LEX–PGD	Lexington to Punta Gorda	20	50.0%	35.9 min	0.0%
LEX–SFB	Lexington to Sanford	18	33.3%	95.7 min	0.0%
LEX–PIE	Lexington to St. Petersburg	14	50.0%	28.1 min	7.1%
LEX–FLL	Lexington to Fort Lauderdale	13	69.2%	14.6 min	0.0%
LEX–LAS	Lexington to Las Vegas	8	75.0%	4.7 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	38.9%	34.3%	5,471
Late-arriving aircraft	43.7%	40.2%	6,149
National Aviation System	14.7%	17.8%	2,075
Extreme weather	2.6%	7.5%	361
Security	0.1%	0.2%	17

14,073 delay minutes on 151 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 December 2024?

80.4% of 714 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 87.1% of 645 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 80.4% and 0.1% in December 2024.

Provenance

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