On-Time Report

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Airport month · November 2025

Blue Grass in November 2025

77.1%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 695 domestic departures from Blue Grass (LEX). 77.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.0% reached their destination on time; 2.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so LEX departures were 1.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 760 departures with 89.7% leaving on time: a change of −12.6 points, with flights down 9%.

Flights arriving at LEX that month were on time 72.0% of the time (693 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 13%.

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

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

MeasureNov 2025Nov 2024LEX, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time77.1%89.7%78.7%78.1%
Arrived on time77.0%87.2%77.9%77.3%
Cancelled2.9%0.1%2.2%2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)20.9 min8.5 min18.5 min15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day23252519,018
Scheduled departures6957609,242570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines22933%76.4%14.9 min4.4%
DL Delta Air Lines18426%83.2%-5.0 min3.8%
OH PSA Airlines13219%76.5%10.3 min2.3%
G4 Allegiant Air649%65.6%18.4 min0.0%
AA American Airlines538%58.5%14.8 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline243%100.0%-15.2 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air91%100.0%-7.9 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
LEX–ATLLexington to Atlanta18483.2%-5.0 min3.8%
LEX–ORDLexington to Chicago14370.6%15.5 min5.6%
LEX–DFWLexington to Dallas/Fort Worth8763.2%10.3 min2.3%
LEX–CLTLexington to Charlotte7580.0%12.6 min1.3%
LEX–DTWLexington to Detroit5983.1%22.6 min3.4%
LEX–DENLexington to Denver3093.3%-5.0 min0.0%
LEX–PHLLexington to Philadelphia2979.3%8.8 min0.0%
LEX–DCALexington to Washington24100.0%-15.2 min0.0%
LEX–PIELexington to St. Petersburg1384.6%-2.7 min0.0%
LEX–SFBLexington to Sanford1338.5%65.1 min0.0%
LEX–PGDLexington to Punta Gorda1190.9%-9.5 min0.0%
LEX–FLLLexington to Fort Lauderdale922.2%52.0 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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2025Minutes
Air carrier32.6%30.2%4,428
Late-arriving aircraft41.2%38.3%5,591
National Aviation System13.1%26.7%1,777
Extreme weather13.1%4.6%1,784
Security0.0%0.1%6
13,586 delay minutes on 139 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 November 2025?

77.1% of 695 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 89.7% of 760 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 77.1% and 2.9% in November 2025.

Provenance

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