On-Time Report

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Airport month · February 2025

Blue Grass in February 2025

77.7%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 622 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 77.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.9% reached their destination on time; 2.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 1.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 627 departures with 86.9% leaving on time: a change of −9.2 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 72.0% of the time (622 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 21%.

Every scheduled departure from LEX in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureFeb 2025Feb 2024LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time77.7%86.9%78.7%79.2%
Arrived on time74.9%85.5%77.9%77.9%
Cancelled2.4%0.2%2.2%1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)18.8 min10.6 min18.5 min15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day21212516,830
Scheduled departures6226279,242504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OH PSA Airlines17027%65.9%13.4 min7.6%
DL Delta Air Lines15926%83.6%2.6 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines10317%70.9%15.6 min1.0%
MQ Envoy Air9215%84.8%-5.9 min1.1%
YX Republic Airline549%85.2%3.0 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air447%54.5%31.2 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
LEX–ATLLexington to Atlanta15983.6%2.6 min0.0%
LEX–CLTLexington to Charlotte15067.3%14.0 min6.0%
LEX–DTWLexington to Detroit7876.9%8.4 min1.3%
LEX–DFWLexington to Dallas/Fort Worth6882.4%-6.7 min4.4%
LEX–ORDLexington to Chicago5176.5%7.4 min0.0%
LEX–DENLexington to Denver2867.9%19.9 min0.0%
LEX–DCALexington to Washington2487.5%4.0 min0.0%
LEX–PHLLexington to Philadelphia1656.3%9.6 min12.5%
LEX–PGDLexington to Punta Gorda1275.0%-7.6 min0.0%
LEX–FLLLexington to Fort Lauderdale850.0%66.1 min0.0%
LEX–LASLexington to Las Vegas875.0%25.9 min0.0%
LEX–PIELexington to St. Petersburg825.0%49.8 min0.0%

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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2025Minutes
Air carrier39.6%33.9%4,562
Late-arriving aircraft30.8%36.9%3,548
National Aviation System21.1%22.5%2,432
Extreme weather8.4%6.6%970
Security0.0%0.1%0
11,512 delay minutes on 140 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left LEX on time in February 2025?

77.7% of 622 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 86.9% of 627 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 77.7% and 2.4% in February 2025.

Provenance

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