Blue Grass in October 2025

82.2%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 968 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 82.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.0% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 2.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 816 departures with 87.1% leaving on time: a change of −4.9 points, with flights up 19%.

Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 81.1% of the time (967 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 52%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 81.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.9%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	82.2%	87.1%	78.7%	80.0%
Arrived on time	81.0%	84.2%	77.9%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.9%	2.2%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.7 min	8.6 min	18.5 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	32	27	25	20,195
Scheduled departures	968	816	9,242	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	295	30%	72.5%	15.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	219	23%	90.9%	-4.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	201	21%	91.5%	-6.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	138	14%	79.7%	1.9 min	0.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	83	9%	57.8%	35.0 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	32	3%	90.6%	-0.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LEX–ORD	Lexington to Chicago	229	66.8%	20.0 min	0.0%
LEX–ATL	Lexington to Atlanta	200	91.5%	-6.8 min	0.0%
LEX–CLT	Lexington to Charlotte	152	88.2%	0.6 min	0.0%
LEX–DFW	Lexington to Dallas/Fort Worth	148	83.8%	-3.1 min	0.7%
LEX–DTW	Lexington to Detroit	65	89.2%	0.3 min	0.0%
LEX–DEN	Lexington to Denver	31	93.5%	-7.5 min	0.0%
LEX–PHL	Lexington to Philadelphia	31	93.5%	-14.7 min	0.0%
LEX–DCA	Lexington to Washington	27	88.9%	1.7 min	0.0%
LEX–SFB	Lexington to Sanford	24	50.0%	54.0 min	0.0%
LEX–PGD	Lexington to Punta Gorda	16	75.0%	8.4 min	0.0%
LEX–PIE	Lexington to St. Petersburg	16	50.0%	16.5 min	0.0%
LEX–FLL	Lexington to Fort Lauderdale	9	11.1%	142.7 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	52.2%	34.0%	7,562
Late-arriving aircraft	26.3%	39.7%	3,806
National Aviation System	17.2%	22.9%	2,500
Extreme weather	4.2%	3.3%	610
Security	0.1%	0.1%	21

14,499 delay minutes on 183 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 October 2025?

82.2% of 968 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 87.1% of 816 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 82.2% and 0.1% in October 2025.

Provenance

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