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Airport month · January 2025
Blue Grass in January 2025
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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 626 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 75.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.1% reached their destination on time; 7.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 3.6 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 632 departures with 76.9% leaving on time: a change of −1.2 points, with flights down 1%.
Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 74.0% of the time (628 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 71.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.9%
- Cancelled 7.0%
- Diverted 0.0%
January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2025 | Jan 2024 | LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.7% | 76.9% | 78.7% | 79.3% |
| Arrived on time | 71.1% | 70.9% | 77.9% | 78.6% |
| Cancelled | 7.0% | 2.4% | 2.2% | 3.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.5 min | 23.5 min | 18.5 min | 14.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 21 | 21 | 25 | 17,992 |
| Scheduled departures | 626 | 632 | 9,242 | 539,747 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH PSA Airlines | 161 | 26% | 73.3% | 11.1 min | 8.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 130 | 21% | 77.7% | -2.5 min | 8.5% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 126 | 20% | 64.3% | 16.5 min | 4.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 99 | 16% | 72.7% | 14.5 min | 6.1% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 57 | 9% | 54.4% | 21.7 min | 8.8% |
| YX Republic Airline | 53 | 8% | 79.2% | 3.1 min | 7.5% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEX–CLT | Lexington to Charlotte | 154 | 74.0% | 10.7 min | 8.4% |
| LEX–ATL | Lexington to Atlanta | 141 | 74.5% | 2.8 min | 8.5% |
| LEX–DTW | Lexington to Detroit | 84 | 81.0% | 4.4 min | 3.6% |
| LEX–DFW | Lexington to Dallas/Fort Worth | 75 | 69.3% | 15.5 min | 6.7% |
| LEX–ORD | Lexington to Chicago | 55 | 65.5% | 16.3 min | 3.6% |
| LEX–DEN | Lexington to Denver | 31 | 51.6% | 23.4 min | 3.2% |
| LEX–DCA | Lexington to Washington | 25 | 80.0% | -7.4 min | 12.0% |
| LEX–PGD | Lexington to Punta Gorda | 16 | 75.0% | 12.7 min | 12.5% |
| LEX–PIE | Lexington to St. Petersburg | 11 | 54.5% | 16.1 min | 9.1% |
| LEX–SFB | Lexington to Sanford | 11 | 18.2% | 34.3 min | 9.1% |
| LEX–FLL | Lexington to Fort Lauderdale | 10 | 60.0% | 8.2 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–LAS | Lexington to Las Vegas | 9 | 55.6% | 45.8 min | 11.1% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LEX on time in January 2025?
75.7% of 626 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2024, 76.9% of 632 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 75.7% and 7.0% in January 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.