Blue Grass in July 2025

72.4%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 897 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 72.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.8% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 2.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 855 departures with 69.6% leaving on time: a change of +2.8 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 63.4% of the time (896 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 69.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.9%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	72.4%	69.6%	78.7%	69.7%
Arrived on time	69.8%	68.8%	77.9%	69.0%
Cancelled	2.1%	3.7%	2.2%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.6 min	29.4 min	18.5 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	30	29	25	21,048
Scheduled departures	897	855	9,242	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	241	27%	65.6%	16.3 min	1.7%
OH PSA Airlines	217	24%	69.6%	13.4 min	6.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	191	21%	84.3%	-8.6 min	0.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	136	15%	53.7%	32.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	60	7%	70.0%	12.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	52	6%	78.8%	8.3 min	1.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LEX–ATL	Lexington to Atlanta	191	84.3%	-8.6 min	0.5%
LEX–ORD	Lexington to Chicago	152	58.6%	20.9 min	2.6%
LEX–CLT	Lexington to Charlotte	150	73.3%	15.2 min	2.0%
LEX–DFW	Lexington to Dallas/Fort Worth	123	77.2%	5.2 min	1.6%
LEX–DTW	Lexington to Detroit	57	70.2%	18.5 min	0.0%
LEX–SFB	Lexington to Sanford	32	40.6%	56.6 min	0.0%
LEX–DEN	Lexington to Denver	31	77.4%	11.1 min	0.0%
LEX–PHL	Lexington to Philadelphia	31	41.9%	22.7 min	25.8%
LEX–PIE	Lexington to St. Petersburg	28	67.9%	9.3 min	0.0%
LEX–DCA	Lexington to Washington	26	80.8%	-5.4 min	3.8%
LEX–FLL	Lexington to Fort Lauderdale	18	44.4%	43.1 min	0.0%
LEX–PGD	Lexington to Punta Gorda	18	44.4%	52.7 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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	30.7%	31.1%	5,710
Late-arriving aircraft	46.0%	40.8%	8,572
National Aviation System	15.5%	20.7%	2,881
Extreme weather	7.8%	7.3%	1,457
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

18,620 delay minutes on 250 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 July 2025?

72.4% of 897 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 69.6% of 855 departures left on time and 3.7% were cancelled, against 72.4% and 2.1% in July 2025.

Provenance

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