Blue Grass in March 2025

84.1%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 723 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 84.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.0% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 779 departures with 84.7% leaving on time: a change of −0.6 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 77.8% of the time (724 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 21% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 83.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.4%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	84.1%	84.7%	78.7%	79.9%
Arrived on time	83.0%	83.4%	77.9%	79.3%
Cancelled	1.4%	0.9%	2.2%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.2 min	13.5 min	18.5 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	24	26	25	20,029
Scheduled departures	723	779	9,242	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	204	28%	78.9%	5.1 min	2.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	158	22%	89.9%	-16.5 min	0.6%
MQ Envoy Air	120	17%	86.7%	-8.6 min	1.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	116	16%	83.6%	0.3 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	63	9%	60.3%	31.4 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	62	9%	93.5%	-7.4 min	1.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LEX–CLT	Lexington to Charlotte	173	78.6%	4.3 min	2.9%
LEX–ATL	Lexington to Atlanta	162	90.1%	-16.4 min	0.6%
LEX–DFW	Lexington to Dallas/Fort Worth	89	87.6%	-12.0 min	2.2%
LEX–DTW	Lexington to Detroit	88	90.9%	-5.1 min	0.0%
LEX–ORD	Lexington to Chicago	55	76.4%	10.2 min	0.0%
LEX–DEN	Lexington to Denver	31	80.6%	0.9 min	0.0%
LEX–PHL	Lexington to Philadelphia	31	80.6%	9.8 min	3.2%
LEX–DCA	Lexington to Washington	26	96.2%	-14.9 min	3.8%
LEX–PGD	Lexington to Punta Gorda	17	76.5%	5.6 min	0.0%
LEX–PIE	Lexington to St. Petersburg	14	50.0%	31.6 min	0.0%
LEX–SFB	Lexington to Sanford	14	50.0%	49.7 min	0.0%
LEX–FLL	Lexington to Fort Lauderdale	9	33.3%	74.6 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	20.9%	33.0%	1,704
Late-arriving aircraft	47.6%	39.2%	3,882
National Aviation System	20.9%	21.9%	1,702
Extreme weather	10.6%	5.9%	863
Security	0.1%	0.1%	12

8,163 delay minutes on 111 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 March 2025?

84.1% of 723 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 84.7% of 779 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 84.1% and 1.4% in March 2025.

Provenance

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