Airports › Lexington (LEX) › May 2025
Airport month · May 2025
Blue Grass in May 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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 857 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 78.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.3% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 775 departures with 75.6% leaving on time: a change of +2.5 points, with flights up 11%.
Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 71.1% of the time (858 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 22%.
- On time 74.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.8%
- Cancelled 1.8%
- Diverted 0.1%
May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2025 | May 2024 | LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 78.1% | 75.6% | 78.7% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 74.3% | 73.9% | 77.9% | 75.4% |
| Cancelled | 1.8% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.2 min | 21.6 min | 18.5 min | 17.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 29 | 26 | 25 | 20,188 |
| Scheduled departures | 857 | 775 | 9,242 | 605,648 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH PSA Airlines | 225 | 26% | 67.1% | 19.0 min | 4.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 197 | 23% | 84.3% | -3.9 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 164 | 19% | 82.3% | -0.2 min | 0.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 127 | 15% | 67.7% | 3.2 min | 3.9% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 87 | 10% | 59.8% | 24.4 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 57 | 7% | 82.5% | 2.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEX–ATL | Lexington to Atlanta | 198 | 84.3% | -3.9 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–CLT | Lexington to Charlotte | 178 | 67.4% | 21.2 min | 2.8% |
| LEX–ORD | Lexington to Chicago | 132 | 70.5% | 5.6 min | 1.5% |
| LEX–DFW | Lexington to Dallas/Fort Worth | 92 | 76.1% | -2.4 min | 4.3% |
| LEX–DTW | Lexington to Detroit | 66 | 87.9% | 0.3 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–PHL | Lexington to Philadelphia | 47 | 66.0% | 10.2 min | 8.5% |
| LEX–DEN | Lexington to Denver | 31 | 77.4% | 0.7 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–DCA | Lexington to Washington | 26 | 84.6% | -2.6 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–SFB | Lexington to Sanford | 19 | 10.5% | 90.4 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–PIE | Lexington to St. Petersburg | 17 | 58.8% | 21.8 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–PGD | Lexington to Punta Gorda | 15 | 73.3% | -1.4 min | 0.0% |
| LEX–FLL | Lexington to Fort Lauderdale | 10 | 60.0% | 30.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LEX on time in May 2025?
78.1% of 857 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2024, 75.6% of 775 departures left on time and 2.2% were cancelled, against 78.1% and 1.8% in May 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.