On-Time Report

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Airport month · April 2025

Blue Grass in April 2025

80.2%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 769 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 80.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.4% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so LEX departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 785 departures with 86.9% leaving on time: a change of −6.7 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 77.6% of the time (769 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 14%.

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

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

MeasureApr 2025Apr 2024LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time80.2%86.9%78.7%80.6%
Arrived on time80.4%85.4%77.9%79.5%
Cancelled1.3%0.8%2.2%0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.9 min11.0 min18.5 min14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day26262519,465
Scheduled departures7697859,242583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OH PSA Airlines17823%70.2%21.7 min3.4%
DL Delta Air Lines16221%93.8%-10.4 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines15921%80.5%1.9 min0.6%
MQ Envoy Air14319%79.0%-0.1 min2.1%
G4 Allegiant Air679%64.2%17.9 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline608%95.0%-5.3 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
LEX–ATLLexington to Atlanta16692.8%-9.3 min0.0%
LEX–CLTLexington to Charlotte14868.2%24.8 min3.4%
LEX–ORDLexington to Chicago13079.2%2.4 min1.5%
LEX–DFWLexington to Dallas/Fort Worth8675.6%-0.3 min2.3%
LEX–DTWLexington to Detroit8687.2%-2.2 min0.0%
LEX–DENLexington to Denver3093.3%-2.9 min0.0%
LEX–PHLLexington to Philadelphia3080.0%6.2 min3.3%
LEX–DCALexington to Washington2696.2%-6.7 min0.0%
LEX–PIELexington to St. Petersburg1573.3%18.4 min0.0%
LEX–SFBLexington to Sanford1520.0%50.1 min0.0%
LEX–PGDLexington to Punta Gorda1369.2%0.5 min0.0%
LEX–FLLLexington to Fort Lauderdale887.5%8.4 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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Apr 2025Minutes
Air carrier39.1%32.7%4,356
Late-arriving aircraft43.2%39.4%4,810
National Aviation System14.4%22.2%1,599
Extreme weather3.3%5.5%363
Security0.0%0.2%0
11,128 delay minutes on 141 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 April 2025?

80.2% of 769 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 86.9% of 785 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 80.2% and 1.3% in April 2025.

Provenance

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